Sustainable Resources
Description:
Human’s sustainability, which can be interpreted as the potential of long-term maintenance of wellbeing depends on the wellbeing of the natural world and the responsible use of resources. But sadly, with the rise in human numbers all over the world, the demand for resources has also increased. And thereby the human consumption of resource is going up, which results in the depletion of resource and the degradation of environment.
Historically, humanity has responded to a demand for more resources by trying to increase supply. Sustainability, instead, applies demand management of all goods and services by promoting reduced consumption, using renewable resources where possible, and encouraging practices that minimize resource intensity while maximizing resource productivity.
Another important issue is related to the distribution of resources. Developed countries use more resources than developing countries.
Enablers:
1.Population
More people live in this planet, more resource is needed.
2.Technology
Technology can affect resource in two different ways. On one hand, technology development can require more resource. For example the invention of cars requires fuels. On the other hand, technology can also help people save non-renewable resource and make better use of renewable resource. Such recycling and solar power.
3.Value/Education
Returning human use of natural resources to within sustainable limits will require a major collective effort. People need to recoganize the current situation and build up right value system about the sustainability, which requires continuous education in the different stage of people's life.
Inhibitors:
1. War/Nature Disasters
When such cases happened, resource sustainability is no longer human being's first priority. At that time, to be sustainable is to be alive by all means.
2. Poverty/Sickness.
Same reason as above.
Paradigms:
If we keep releasing more and more CO2 into the atomsphere, the average temperaturr of earth will increase, the ice of North polar and South polar will melt, the sea level will rise and one day will flood the continents, thus our kids will only be able to live under the water or in the air.
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Web Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development#Environmental_sustainability