Sustainability

By:OindrillaChakraborty(Year7)

Why is it important?

It is important to ensure the betterment of the future generations of us kids, without straining Earth’s resources. According to the U.N (United Nations) Environmental Programme, environmental sustainability provides better life choices that ensure equality among all the human-beings.

Where does the term come from?

While the concept of sustainability is a relatively new idea, the movement has roots in social justice, and other past movements with rich histories. By the end of the twentieth centuries, many of these ideas had come together in the call for ‘sustainable development.’ The four pillars of sustainability areHuman, Social, Economic, and Environmental. All of them are explained in detail over the following sub-headings.

Human Sustainability:

Human sustainability focuses on the well-being of societies and improving the quality of human life.

Social Sustainability:

Socialsustainabilitycan bedefinedas a method for designing a thriving, sustainable community that provides wellness by considering what inhabitants want and need from their homes and workplaces.

Economic Sustainability:

Economicsustainability can refer to the way an economy operates in a sustainable manner, protecting social and environmental elements.

Environmental Sustainability:

Environmental Sustainability saves natural resources and makes sustainable and renewable energy for example: hydroelectricity. This can be used instead of fossil fuels such as coal, gas etc.

What can WE do to be sustainable citizens?

There is a lot we can do to help Earth. For instance, countries are banning plastics bags and here in the UAE you must pay 50 fils to get one. We can recycle things at home with some DIY ideas and turn them into ornaments, for example.