The concept that we will deal with below has a special use in our language and is mainly linked to ecology and caring for the environment. It is a relatively new concept and one that has gained strength and use as a result of the promotion of policies and messages in favor of raising awareness to collaborate so that we all enjoy a healthier and more equitable world for all.
Satisfy present demands without affecting the possibilities of future generations
Sustainable Development will be considered as development that allows meeting the needs of present generations without compromising the capacities of future generations to meet their needs.. In other words, sustainable development implies putting in place everything that is necessary to meet the demands of society but at a level of resource exploitation that is conscious and respectful of the natural environment.
Because a contrary proposal that would be to produce in large numbers without paying attention to this fact could cause very severe damage to the environment and also endanger the availability of resources for future generations.
A novel concept that quickly spread throughout the situation
That of Sustainable Development is a relatively new concept as we have already pointed out lines above and which is applied in forums and movements that fight for the health of the planet and fundamentally with regard to socio-economic development. It was formalized and used for the first time in a document popularized as the Brundtland Report, one of the many fruits of the work carried out by the United Nations (UN) World Commission on Environment and Development.
Reconcile the satisfaction of demands with the care of the environment
Meanwhile, Sustainable Development will not only imply preservation in terms of the Environment, but also the social and economic aspects must go hand in hand with the former.
In the first instance, sustainable development proposes that first of all the basic needs of a population such as clothing, housing and work must be satisfied, because if on the contrary, what prevails in a society is poverty, inevitably that community will be destined to suffer some kind of catastrophe, including ecological. Meanwhile, the organization of a society and the evolution that it can achieve in technological matters will be fundamental so that the environment, as it suffers the action of human activity, can recover from it and thus the damages and effects are less. .
Then, the primary objective of Sustainable Development will be to define viable projects on the one hand and reconcile the economic, social and environmental aspects of human activities on the other..
Fundamental maxims with which it is committed
Meanwhile, there are three rules that must be observed and that constitute the conditions for sustainable development: no renewable resource must be used at a rate higher than its generation, no pollutant must be produced at a rate greater than that which can be recycled, neutralized or failing that, absorbed by the environment and no non-renewable resource should be used at a higher speed than necessary to replace it with a renewable resource used in a sustainable way.
Make a commitment in favor of sustainable development
In the last decades a red alarm has been set off throughout the planet regarding the indiscriminate use of some resources and also the mistreatment that human beings inflict on the environment in which we live. All this obviously has an impact on the health of the world and the living beings that inhabit it but will also and inevitably affect in a concrete way the possibilities of our children, our grandchildren and that is why the red alert sounds and sounds, so that we realize it of it and we finish by becoming conscientious and the most important thing: letters in the matter.
Climate change screams that we must be more rational, responsible and respectful in dealing with the planet and the use of resources. Fortunately, many governments and organizations such as the UN and some NGOs specializing in environmental issues have been conducting awareness campaigns in this regard, but it is not enough, it is necessary the commitment of all, but an effective commitment, based on action and not on the mere word. A commitment that makes us use the resources in a corresponding way and not in a compulsive way. If we go down that path, without a doubt, we will be leaving a better world for our successors.
