Sustainable Studies
I think that infinite economic growth is not sustainable. This is because of the fact that it is not possible to have no consumption of resources in the world. The utilization of the resources has enabled people to live their lives and also bring improvements in their life. So, planet earth is a limit as well as a source of growth. Sustainable development represents the development that ensures fulfillment of the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of future generations (Baxter, Boisvert, Lindberg, and Mackrael 1). But, in order to achieve economic growth, countries are using current resources that are affecting the resources of future generation, so infinite economic growth is not sustainable.
Healthy Ecosystems paves the way to cycling and recycling of nutrients such as energy and water from one organism in the community to the other organism, and ultimately nature plays its effectual role, and avoids everything from wasting (Baxter, Boisvert, Lindberg, and Mackrael 6). People are not considering natural laws and principles for living and governing life on the earth as a result of which maintenance of ecosystem is becoming difficult. Further, ineffectual and uneven consumption of resources is also presenting several challenges for maintaining ecosystem (Newton 73).
Social equity is provision of equal opportunity to all individuals that are living in the society. Social equity paves the way to social sustainability (Heinberg 6). However, social equity is not achievable, because the provision of access to education, resources, and livelihood in a fair manner is not possible, and also it is not possible to ensure full participation of the community in the cultural and political life. My answer, however, does not change on the basis of scale state vs city, and nation vs world because same situation is prevailing. There is inequality at the state, city, nation, and world level, and this inequality is increasing day by day. Some people have more access to resources while some people are deprived of the resources.
Works cited
Baxter, Kelly., Boisvert, Aalaya., Lindberg, Chris., and Mackrael, Kim. Step by Natural Step Sustainability Primer. The Natural Step US, 2009
Heinberg, Richard. What Is Sustainability? California: Post Carbon Institute, 2010
Newton, Lisa H. Ethics and Sustainability: Sustainable Development and the Moral Life. New York: Prentice Hall, 2003
