The “Environmental Space”
Monday, October 5, 2009 at 09:18AM Achieving global sustainability and sustainable development refers to the task of meeting fundamental human needs worldwide while preserving the life supporting ecosystems of the planet at the same time
To survive, we have to balance what is developed (such as economic growth) with what is to be sustained (life-supporting ecosystems).
Joachim Spangenberg, one of the founders of the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (click here), called this differential the “environmental space”.
Climate change, pollution, environmental exploitation, overpopulation, poverty, equality, freedom, human rights, peace.
The goal is to balance the maximum permitted use of our environment with the minimum necessary for human development across all global societies.
Policies and individual human actions influence both sides of the space.
While effective policies are essential, they are not enough.
It comes down to the choices we each make every day.
EJ Wensing
US Virgin Islands
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