Sustainable development aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment for future generations. It can be achieved by using renewable resources that will not deplete, like solar and wind energy. Non-renewable resources like fossil fuels are finite and harm the environment when used. The Kyoto Treaty aimed to reduce carbon emissions through greater renewable energy use, but was not signed by the USA. Individuals can live more sustainably by reducing consumption of resources and using alternatives to help preserve the environment.

1. Sustainable
Development

2. Sustainable Development
• “Meeting the needs of today’s
population, without harming the ability
of future generations to meet their own
needs”.

3. OR
• Sustainable development is a pattern of
resource use that aims to meet human
need while preserving the environment,
so that these needs can be met not only
in the present, but in the indefinite
future.

4. Renewable Energy or sustainable energy
• Renewable energy sources need
to be found that will last forever
without contributing to the
Greenhouse effect.

5. • Renewable energy sources,
such as sun and wind are
sustainable, as they will never
run out.

6. Non-Renewable or non-sustainable
• Fossil fuels are non-sustainable as
they take so long to reform that they
can not be replaced once they run
out.

7. Kyoto Treaty
• The Kyoto Treaty was drawn up in 1997 in
Japan, to make countries promise to reduce
carbon emissions.
• The USA did not sign up as they said it would
cause a drop in the standard of living.

8.  This treaty made countries use more
renewable energy such as:
WIND ENERGY
Which turns wind into electricity and are usually
found together in wind farms.

10. Hydro Electric Power (HEP)
• Large amount of water are forced
through turbines, which are connected
to the generators that produces
electricity.

12. SOLAR ENERGY
• The Sun energy is used to produce or
convert into electricity and also used to
heat water

14. How we can reduce carbon emissions?
We can reduce carbon emissions by
the way travel, instead of using car
we can use public transports, cycle,
or walk.

15. TAKE A LOOK WHAT PEOPLE HAVE
DONE OR WE HAVE DONE!!

18. As a student how we can live
sustainable lives!
• Turn off lights, television, computer
and other appliances when you leave
room.
• Walk, ride a bicycle or take public
transportation whenever possible.

19. • Keep your room’s curtains closed
during hottest part of the day.
• Use energy savers instead of Bulbs
and tube lights.

20. Why Water is
Important?

21. Why water is important?
• Life on earth began with water.
• 70% of animals and plants are
composed of water.

22. How we can make our life more
sustainable?
• Turn off or close the water while you
brush your teeth.
• Fill your glass with only what you will
drink.

24. Why Agriculture is
important?

25. What does agriculture provide?
• Food
• Fiber (Clothing)
• Fodder ( grain for livestock)

26. As a student you can also practice….
• To use both sides of notebook
papers.
• Use cloths bags instead of paper
bags and other material bags.

28. Sustainable Development :
a brief overview

29. • a kind of development that
“meets the needs of the
present without
compromising the ability of
the next generations to
meet their own needs.”

30. concern with extraction of
resources while at the same
time allowing the
environment to replenish
itself

31. • . The goal is to ensure that
there will not come a time
when development will be
halted due to lack of
naturally occurring
materials as a result of
environmental degradation.

32. • The issue of sustainability
can be divided into three
constituent parts:
environmental sustainability,
economic sustainability and
sociopolitical sustainability.

34. Scopes and definitions:

35. Environmental Sustainability
We seek equilibrium between the
amount and the processes of
extractions with the ability of
the environment to tolerate it
without sliding into a point
where there will be an
irreversible slide in ecological
balance.

36. • The environment from which we extract
food and raw materials is more often
than not disturbed, the tip of ecological
balance moved over a long period of
time into point where there is a steady
degradation until such time when it can
no longer support itself, hence dying out
and denying us a steady source of much
needed materials in the future.

37. • An ‘unsustainable situation’
occurs when natural capital (the
sum total of nature's resources)
is used up faster than it can be
replenished

38. • Theoretically, the long-term
result of environmental
degradation is the inability to
sustain human life. Such
degradation on a global scale
could imply extinction for
humanity.” – wikipedia

39. Consumption
of renewable
resources
State of
environment
Sustainability
More than
nature's ability
to replenish
Environmental
degradation
Not sustainable
Equal to
nature's ability
to replenish
Environmental
equilibrium
Steady-state
economy
Less than
nature's ability
to replenish
Environmental
renewal
Sustainable
development

40. Economic Sustainability
• Economic sustainability refers
to the ability of the economy to
supply the demands of the
market with rooms for profit to
ensure a steady growth over a
period of time.

41. Economies are measured through this:
• Gross domestic product : the
total financial value of the final
goods and services rendered in a
country over a one-year period.

42. • Positive growth is indicated by an
increase in the GDP over the two
year period while a negative
growth is indicated by the
opposite.

43. Demand for
goods and
services
Supply of
the raw
materials
needed to
sustain the
economy
Economic
performanc
e
Environme
ntal
sustainabilit
y
High High Positive Negative
Low High Negative Positive/Ne
gative*
High Low Negative Positive
Low Low Positive/Ne
gative**
Positive
* depends whether raw materials can be stored for future use
** depend more on market dynamics such as the difference between the product face

44. Econom
ic
growth
Point of
Equilibrium
Environme
ntal
sustainabili
ty

45. Sociopolitical Sustainability
• Man is said to be a political
animal. (Aristotle). Anything that
has a power relationship can be
considered as political.

46. • Although there is no direct cause and
effect relationship between
environmental sustainability and the
sociopolitical scene, it is essential to
look at the power structures in given
societies, even in the global level, to
understand the policies implemented
in certain areas, with regards to
development sustainability.

47. Modernist
countries
Economic development
Post-modernist countries