Global Sustainable Development is a process whereby development is met
of the present needs without compromising the ability of development of the
future generations. These needs consist of the limitations of technology,
social organizations regarding environment’s potential to meet the needs
globally. It is a way to ensure the growth of a city while wisely preserving
land and resources. The current state of earth’s natural resources is in a
risky state; these resources include water, land surfaces biodiversity and even
the atmosphere. Due to the need for natural resources, instead of maintaining
such resources for sustainable development in the near future, the natural
resources are slowly being washed out by the current generations and thus
making it a unsustainable development.
The
people of current generations are slowly exploiting the little amount of
natural resources left in the world. The exploitation of water and it will be
used up by the year 2025. The use of lands to build new and modern agriculture,
it has received an increase from 1.8 tons to 2.5 tons of cropland. Such
increases of exploitation could cause the lands of this world to be degraded as
well as less productive. The current generations are also causing air pollution
that might cause damage to the atmosphere; more than 2 million people are
already suffering at the current stage of air pollution per year.
Although there are many causes as to why the current generation’s
development is unsustainable, there is always room for improvement. Such
improvement for impactful climate changes for environment sustainability
includes recycling products to save the natural resources. For instance, when
used stationary, plastic, metal scrap or even paper, we could actually purchase
recycled materials or even leave it to get recycled after use. Such small act
could make a difference in the current environment as well as for the future
generations. Mainly by using recycled paper, more trees would be saved and
therefore more trees and plants to refresh the current polluted air. Though
using recycled materials could be useful to the environment, there are much
more thing that we could do the help in environment sustainability. Even
computers or even electronics could be sent for recycling instead of leaving
them for dumping in the landfill.
We
could also start by using less fossil fuels as such resources are non-renewable
compared to the likes of paper or plastic. Fossil fuels are usually converted
into coal, oil or natural gas when being burned. Thus, causing a huge release
of C02 into the atmosphere and cause air pollution. With air pollution rising,
it is also damaging the earth’s ozone layer and is getting it closer to global
warming. This is also one of the reasons why car developer companies are slowly
trying to create fuel efficiency cars and even electrical cars to make them
both functional as well as more environmental friendly. By polluting the
environment with chemicals that are used daily, it could affect our human body
system as well. Such product that includes harmful chemical includes personal
care products, pest control products and even plastic products. Some of these
products that produces toxins are both harmful to our human body as well as the
environment. We could also try to lower down the current population as there
are currently 6.8 billion people alive on earth and if the current population
keeps the current increase rate, there would be an estimated amount of 8.1
billion by the year 2025. Therefore, the need of such natural resources will
seek an increase amount as well. By the time it has reached to such a large
number of populations, it would be as good as impossible to recover from such
environmental unsustainable development. This is a sign that we should start
acting soon before it’s too late. We should also keep in mind that such changes
include social, cultural and economic factors.
