The Brundtland report: ‘Our common future’

1988 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian R. Keeble
Keyword(s):  
Common Future ◽  
Brundtland Report

scholarly journals IAU: The Power to Foster Higher Education for Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 345-353
Author(s):  
Pornchai Mongkhonvanit ◽  
Chanita Rukspollmuang ◽  
Yhing Sawheny
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Comprehensive Plan ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Paradigm ◽  
Common Future ◽  
Brundtland Report

AbstractModernization theory, which believes that “development equates economic growth” and changes in social, political, and cultural structures are the pathways for societies to become modernized, has been the predominant paradigm for the development of nations for decades. However, the model was met with a lot of criticism, and there was a movement to rethink the real meaning of development and well-being. Alternatives for development were proposed, but the most widely accepted paradigm is “sustainability” or “sustainable development” which was defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in the 1987 Brundtland Report (also called “Our Common Future”) as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Under this development paradigm, programs, initiatives, and actions aim not only at the preservation of a particular resource but also at other distinct areas: economic, environmental, and social - known as the three pillars of sustainability. The Brundtland Report has had a worldwide impact. “Agenda 21”, a comprehensive plan of action to build a global partnership for sustainable development to improve human lives and protect the environment, was adopted in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, followed by many other agendas, including the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) (2000–2015) and the present United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development or the 17 SDGs.

Conceptual Analysis in Environmental Education: Why I Want My Children To Be Educated For Sustainable Development

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy van Rossen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Alternative Conceptions ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
Common Future ◽  
Critical Direction ◽  
Brundtland Report

In recent years, there has been a growing global movement towards sustainable development (defined in the Brundtland report Our Common Future as ‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (WCED 1987)). Indeed, the Brundtland report, along with the revised World Conservation Strategy (IUCN 1990) and Agenda 21 (UNCED 1992) all place high expectations on environmental education as a key means of achieving sustainability. Changes for sustainability will affect individual lifestyles, and attitudes to, and relationships with nature, and education is a critical part of turning the idea of sustainable development into reality (Slocombe & van Bers 1991, p. 12). In arguing that our children should be educated for sustainable development, we must evaluate the arguments about sustainability and see what role environmental education has to play.Jickling (1992, pp. 6-7) claims that various attempts to analyse the meaning of the term sustainable development have resulted in a ‘conceptual muddle’ which precludes the possibility of accepting any educational prescription for it. However, in drawing this conclusion, he appears to have neglected the alternative conceptions of sustainable development that have been proposed (Fien & Trainer 1993a, p. 14) and the values basis underlying them and, thereby, has not provided a critical direction for a pathway to sustainability.

Mapping our common future

The Lancet ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 397 (10277) ◽  
pp. 871
Author(s):  
Gavin Francis
Keyword(s):  
Common Future

SUCCESSFUL AGEING: OUR COMMON FUTURE?

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Successful Ageing ◽  
Common Future
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