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Chapter15:GlobalSustainabilityandProsperityInaglobalizingworld,howcanwebalancesustainabilityandprosperity?

SUSTAINABILITYWhataresomeperspectivesonsustainabilityandtheenvironment?WhatdoesSustainabilitymeanforPeople,theEconomyandtheEnvironment?

• Sustainabilityismaintaining-__________________and________________equityandeconomicdemands

• Prosperityisaneconomicstateof________________withrising________________andfullemployment

• Therelationbetweensustainabilityandprosperityisthe_____________________,peopleand________________________.Theycannotbeachievedwithoutthese3factors.

Sustainability,BeliefSystems&Stewardship

• Inadditiontopolitical,ideological,oreconomicperspectives…• Stewardship:

• Theobligationtomaintain_____________________inasustainablemanner• Ithelpspreventresourcesfrombewastedandbuilds_____________________

• Spirituality:• Theconsiderationofmattersbeyondthepurely_____________________,such

asbeliefs,values,thoughts,ideas,etc.• Affectssustainabilitybecauseitkeepspeople’sobjectives

_____________________towardsagoodandcleansociety• Theybothcompelindividualsandgroupsto_____________________theirland• Rethink–Sustainability:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9I3Q6-ZSTI

SustainabilityandUrbanization

• Globalizationhasledtoincreased_____________________;morepeopleliveincitiesnowthaneverbefore

• Whataresomechallengestosustainabilitythatexistinanurbansetting?

• Ifglobalizationhascontributedtotheseproblems,canitbeusedtohelpsolvethem?

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MakingSustainabilityWork• Howcancitiesachieveprosperitythroughglobalizationandatthesametimeprotect

theirenvironmenttoachievesustainability?

• Relyoncitizenstohelpthemachievesustainability• Forexample:wastedisposalproblemsàencouragecitizenstogenerateless

wasteviarecyclingprograms• GermanGreenInitiativesLeadWorldwideSustainability:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=z-QX29gLfZA• Encouragesustainabilitythroughglobalizationbytyinginternationaltrade

_____________________toenvironmentalprotection• MexicoCity:Aspartof_____________________,Mexicoisobligatedtobringits

environmentalprotectionstandardsinlinewiththoseofCanadaandtheUS.• Now:CentreforSustainableTransporttodevelopaplanforpublic

transportationbasedonclean,efficienttechnologyandusefulservice.SUSTAINABILITYANDPROSPERITYINAGLOBALIZINGWORLDWhataretheimpactsofglobalizationonsustainabilityandprosperity?Canada’sSustainabilityDevelopmentObjects

• Whenwelookatsustainability,prosperity,andglobalization,weareoftendealingwith______________________________.

• Sustainabledevelopment:developmentthatmeetstheneedsofthepresentwithout____________theabilityoffuture.generationsto_______theirown_______.

• TheperspectivesofCanadiangov’t,business,developers,scientist,citizensandculturegroupsare_____________________thesame.

• Eachgoalshowninthediagrammustbeachievedinorderfortheotherstosucceed.Whyisitimportanttolookatall5goalswhenconsideringsustainability?

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WhatSustainabilityMeanstoCanadians?ReadVoicesonpage258andanswerthequestions,respectively.

• “ACanadianEnvironmentalPerspective.”–DavidSuzukiPerspectivesonConservation

• Manynaturalresourcesare_____________________,orlimited.• Theyare_____________________fasterthantheydevelop,theycanbecomedepleted.• Whenaresourcescannolongermeet_____________________,alternativesaresought

–however,alternativesare_____________________orinshort_____________________.

• Formanyyears,naturalresourceswerenotmonitored.• Canadiansarebecomingmoreconcernedwithconserving.• Aboriginalsweregivenspecialfishingrightsthatareprotectedbytreaties.• ThecodindustryinN&Lstockwasreducedduetooverfishing,devastatedthearea

economically.• Aboriginalfishingalsomustbemonitoredforthepurposeof_____________________.• Conservationplansarestrategiestoprotectand______________________

____________________.

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SUSTAINABILITYANDPROSPERITYINAAGLOBALIZINGWORLDWhoseresponsibilityisittoensurethattheneedsofpeopleworldwidearebeingmetinasustianableway?

SustainabilityasaGlobalIssue• WhatisyourEcologicalFootprint?

• http://www.earthday.org/take-action/footprint-calculator/?gclid=CMqK5ICOmrsCFQNrfgod5UAASQ

FoodforAll!

• Cleanwater,air,_____________________,andfoodarethebasicneedsoflife–poverty_____________________peopleoftheseneeds.

• Somebelievein_____________________farmingandagriculturetoprovidefoodfortheworld.

• Howdoesfarmingimpacttheenvironment?

• Farmerscanpracticesustainablefarmingtechniquesandnon-sustainableavenues…harmfuleffectsincludeeffectsofpesticidesandfertilizersonsoil,groundwater,wildlife,andpeople.

• Agribusiness–large-scale_____________________businesses.• Inordertofeedgrowingpopulations,massive_____________________farmsclear

landtogrowcropsspecificallyformarketsinotherpartsoftheworld.• Whataresomeimpactsofagribusiness?

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• RMR:Rick’sRant–MeatRecall• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY09m-WJi2Q

• Didyouknowitwasallaboutthecorn?• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThSnJb8miQ

TheOrganizationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment(OECD)

• Amajor_____________________organization“madeupof30countriesthatworktogethertomeetthechallengesofglobalization)

• Purpose:“tohelpgovernmentsachievesustainable_____________________growth…whilemaintaining_____________________stability”