The definition of sustainability took a far more advanced approach than I originally have thought. It needs to have the culmination of many different parts for it to be successful and even achievable. While we can give a definition sustainable development as the "interactions of three complex systems" there is still a feeling of obscurity (Sachs 2015, 3). I feel this obscurity comes from the fact that Sachs defines the term in three very separate ways. However, this may become more clear as I read more into the idea and function of sustainability as the center of the three systems. I do think that sustainability is an important concept needed to be taken in to more consideration. The reason being is that sustainability is is need to help keep things available to the future generations. Sustainable development is the key to allow growth for now and thought the future. I don't know why the thought of our future is not taken into more consideration tan the present, because the present will only last for a second, but the future will always exist.
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I found that your definition was very similar to mine in that it is complex. I like the direct quote that you added as well! Good definition and thought process about thinking for the future.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that sustainability is a complex system, but I have always thought the definition of sustainability itself is very broad and does not necessarily include all of the different parts. I do agree with you that Sachs does a good job addressing more than just the broad idea of sustainability.
ReplyDeleteHmm, you might want to reread the chapter or watch Sachs describe sustainability in his YouTube videos, since it's a core part of our next two months in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5tttaY7geA
ReplyDeleteYou made me think of a quote from Kung Fu Panda, "yesterday was history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why it's called the present." I find it very easy to understand why we dwell on the present, but I agree it would be valuable to think longer term.