* Name (required):

  Expression ^{(Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)}

  E-mail address (optional):

* Type your message here:
>Why do we need sustainable development? Because the >need for development is as great as ever, but future >development cannot simply follow the model of the >past. This is true for the world as a whole, and for >every community in this country. > >The global picture is striking. A quarter of the >world's people have to survive on incomes of less than >US$1 a day. A fifth have no access to health care. >Huge though the challenge may seem, it is becoming >larger: the world's population will increase by half, >another three billion people, by 2050. > >This country does not have problems on such a scale. >But we cannot stand aside from these issues. Global >prosperity must increase, and be more widely shared. >Meanwhile, in the UK, economic growth remains vital >for a better quality of life: for education, >healthcare and housing, to tackle poverty and social >exclusion, and to improve standards of living through >better goods and services. > >In the past, economic activity tended to mean more >pollution and wasteful use of resources. We have had >to spend to clean up the mess. A damaged environment >impairs quality of life and, at worst, may threaten >long term economic growth - for example, as a result >of climate change. And too many people have been left >behind, excluded from the benefits of development but >often suffering from the side-effects. > >We have to find a new way forward. This is the >challenge of sustainable development. For the future, >we need ways to achieve economic, social and >environmental objectives at the same time, and >consider the longer term implications of decisions. > >We need to improve the efficiency with which we use >resources. We need thriving cities, towns and villages >based on strong economies, good access to services and >attractive and safe surroundings. And we need >international co-operation to overcome environmental >problems, to allow trade to flourish and to help the >world's poorest people as we move towards a more >global society > >Taken from Sustainable Development - The Government's >approach >http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/what_is_sd/wh >at_is_sd.htm
Choose Message Icon: None :-) Happy ;-) Wink :-D Joy :} Smirk <:-} Innocent ☮ Peace >:) Mischief B-) Shades <3 Heart |O Yawn <:P Sick >:-( Angry :~( Sad ? Question *!* Alert Thumbs Up Thumbs Down (!) Idea [Info] Info Oo. Talk [ View Emoticons ]

Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.
The Voy.com User Agreement applies to all visitors.