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Jai Jagat 2020-2030

SW Team — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:13:00 +0000

Jai Jagat 2020-2030

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The Story of Stuff

SW Team — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 14:08:00 +0000

The Story of Stuff

Stuff, stuff everywhere … and nary a thing we *need. This 20 minute video look at the lifecycle of our stuff and explains that 99% of it is declared as waste after six months – and it’s doubled in the last 50 years. But the new future of consumerism is underway and it consists of zero waste, green chemistry, closed loop production, and renewable energy.

See also other videos ⇓ or other posts ⇓ on Economy.

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff looks at the underside of our production and consumption. It connects a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It teaches you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it may change the way you look at all the Stuff in your life forever.

SW Team Sun, 01/23/2022 - 15:08

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People - Society Economy & Commerce Waste & Recycling Values & lifestyles

What comes after fossil fuels ?

Nicola SF — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What comes after fossil fuels ?

Read “What Comes After Fossil Fuels ?” by Bill McKibben in the New Yorker and explore more of the magazine here.

Read Bill_McKibben's Climate Crisis in the New Yorker's newsletter on the environment.

Nicola SF Sat, 03/21/2020 - 01:00

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Climate change People - Society Economy & Commerce Energy

Why Sustainability World ?

Camille B — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Why Sustainability World ?

“Sustainable development”… we hear this expression every day, everywhere. But what is it? The first thing that comes to my mind when I try to answer this question, is this famous definition that I learnt when I was studying environmental law. The definition that was first given in 1987 with the release of the Brundtland Report by the UN… “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. That is beautiful, isn’t it?

But what does it mean?

It means that our development must be in line with three pillars at the same time- economy/ecology/social- it must be economically efficient, socially fair and ecologically sustainable. The main issues related to sustainable development have now been identified with 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the UN in September 2015. They include the end of poverty and of hunger, the improvement of health and education, water and sanitation, climate action, the protection of biodiversity…

But what does it mean?

Well… I do not know.

We all think that we know what sustainability is because we can recite the definition, give examples with SDGs. We know how to sound clever in society but in fact, we do not know anything about it.

So I am asking again…

What does sustainable development mean?
What does it CONCRETELY mean?
What does it imply?
How do we transform these expression and its beautiful definition in real action?
How do we make our daily-life more sustainable?
How can we all become more aware of sustainability and be able to make our world more sustainable?

To me, this is where Sustainability World (SW) comes in! SW would be an answer to all these questions.

I see SW (and the SW community) as the website that we need to visit in order to become aware of everything related to sustainability. In my mind, it could become the “reference site” for everybody willing to learn on sustainability and ecology. It will be a gathering of different kinds of information, targeting different sorts of people. In that sense, it will be suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about sustainability. It will, of course, present the mains themes and topics related to social and economic development as well as the protection of environment. The approach will be completely comprehensive. In that sense, it will give information on a topic, starting from a theoretical explanation, leading to an intermediate level of explanation, before going to a very practical and concrete comprehension of the subject. It will also provide the people with several different tools to learn (texts, videos, music, stories…). The approach would not be only academic because SW would also give the chance to everyone to start discussions on specific topics and to share experiences.

We need our society to change and, for the change to be real and for raising environmental awareness among people, we need initiatives like SW. It would help empowering the population and enable everyone to set up sustainable projects and activities.

Camille B Sat, 07/15/2017 - 01:00

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The most urgent problems in the world

SW Team — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:59:00 +0000

The most urgent problems in the world

Well, what the world’s most urgent problems are, as in other things, depends on your point of view – whether you are an economist ↓, business person ↓, a priest ↓, a banker ↓, a millennial ↓, an oldster ↓, a volunteer ↓, one who records and ranks diverse topics ↓ … or just someone else ↓ who has a point of view.

Everyone has a point of view on the most important problems we face today, and they’re all different. So how do you choose which are the most important ones ? Do you adopt wht the head of your government says,e.g. President Trump in the United States ? Or in Canada, Prime Minister Trudeau ? Or Prime Minister Solberg in Norway ? Or Prime Minister Modi in India, or Chairman in China ? Or; closer to home, the mayor of your city or town ?

Or, are the most important problems the ones which effect the most people ? But which “most people” ? The ones in your family ? Or in your neighborhood or town ? or in your country ? Or the “most people” in the world ?

Or are the problems most important problems ones which for some reason you’re interested in, understand them and want or can bring a solution to them – i.e. problems on which you can have an impact ?

The millennials’ list of the most urgent global issues (80000 hours)

***Urgent problems, from gvi, volunteers and interns abroad ***

food security
major global health issues:
1. communicable diseases like hepatitis, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV.
  Communicable diseases now kill 70% of persons and low-income countries are the most severely affected.
2. non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases as well as road traffic injuries and deaths.
3. Besides malnutrition, there are many other issues affecting health on a global scale. In the past, the main topic of focus was global child health and
primary education
the need for gender equality
the overwhelming needs of africa
global environmental issues:
1. habitat and biodiversity loss
2. ocean conservation
3. water scarcity
global issues that require policy solutions

SW Team Sat, 08/14/2010 - 23:59

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People - Society

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basic problem