The 7 principles of sustainable development
Sustainability is a word that is often uttered more often than it is understood, and has therefore lost its precise meaning. What we mean by sustainable development encompasses not only the broad concept of environmentally friendly development but also focuses on socially just development.
The concept described in 1987 was “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
The concept of sustainable development aims at homogeneity and coherence between the economic and material growth of the population and the exploitation of natural resources while avoiding compromising life on the planet, both of human beings and of nature and biodiversity on Earth.
The strategy for sustainable use tends to promote harmonious relations between human beings and nature. We can see examples from these environmental projects and ecological ideas that really surprise.
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The term sustainable development was first formalized in the document known as the Brundtland Report (1987), as a result of the work of the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, created at the United Nations Assembly in 1983. This definition would be assumed in Principle 3 of the Rio Declaration (1992) “To meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
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Sustainability is something global or integrated by definition. To fragment this concept into components is to distort its substantive essence. Sustainability should be a desire of human society and its activities in relation to nature: it is to make lasting the good that we have or enjoy and to improve the negative that we create or suffer. It applies to development (sustainable development) or to any human action with significant effects.
Cooperation and concerted action of all the actors involved in the process of environmental protection and in the achievement of a more balanced development. Sustainable territorial planning and actions must be based on participatory and global visions, avoiding any sectorial or unilateral solution.
Consideration of environmental protection as an integral part of the development process. This implies incorporating the environmental variable with an ecological approach in each and every one of the different sectoral policies and actions: rational use of natural resources, minimizing the production and hazardousness of waste, contributing to the prevention and solution of global environmental problems, conserving and restoring degraded ecosystems and natural spaces, among others.
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The terms sustainable development,[1] sustainable development[2] and enduring development[3] apply to the organizing principle of achieving human development objectives while sustaining the capacity of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend, with particular attention to the preservation of historical and cultural sites. The desired outcome is a societal situation where living conditions and resources are used to continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system. It can also be defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
In summary, sustainable or sustainable development is a concept developed towards the end of the 20th century as an alternative to the usual concept of development, emphasizing reconciliation between economic well-being, natural resources and society, while avoiding compromising the possibility of life on the planet and the quality of life of the human species. The Report on the State of the World’s Volunteerism highlights that, in most societies of the world, volunteers contribute significantly to economic and social development[5] Currently, there is widespread concern about the phenomenon of climate change, environmental care and the conservation of tangible and intangible assets of historical and cultural interest, so that new generations can be the continuators of a planet Earth with a future.