scholarly journals Views on Biotic Nature and the Idea of Sustainable Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Łepko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Hans Jonas ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
Modern Natural

Abstract The search for balance between humankind’s civilisational aspirations and the durable protection of nature is conditioned by contemporaneous views of biotic nature. Of particular importance in this regard are physiocentric and physiological views that may be set against one another. The first of these was presented by Hans Jonas, the second by Lothar Schäfer. This paper does not confine itself to setting one view against the other, but rather sets minimum conditions for cooperation between their promoters in the interests of balance between the aspirations of the present generation and those of future generations. Both views of nature are in their own way conducive to a break with the illusion present in some areas of the modern natural sciences - that nature is a boundless area of are inexhaustible resources.

scholarly journals Constitutional protection of the environment with particular regard to the Hungarian, German, Italian and Belgian constitutional regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (31) ◽  
pp. 99-120
Author(s):  
Flóra Orosz ◽  
Noémi Suri ◽  
Renáta Hrecska-Kovács ◽  
Péter Szőke
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Law

Environmental protection has become a burning issue which plays a more and more important role in the world. The aim of this study is to give a picture of the constitutional regulation of environmental protection which is the highest legal source of a nation. Besides the Hungarian Fundamental Law, the German, Italian and Belgian constitutions were examined in the study. On one hand, we looked into how environment is regulated in the constitutions, as a right (right to environment) or a state task or objective (protect the environment). On the other hand, we analysed how related regulatory subjects appear in the constitutions, such as natural resources, future generations and sustainable development.

scholarly journals Odpowiedzialność człowieka za przyrodę w perspektywie kryzysu ekologicznego

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kuzior
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Radical Reduction ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Individual

The article takes up the issues connected to the ecological crisis, causes of which refer to uncontrolled scientifically-technical development, predatory administration of the natural sources of Earth and disrespect of the nature, following from the anthropocentric axiology, the analysis of the Stockholm’s Declaration, the Declaration from Rio and the declaration from Johannesburg, as documents forming the idea of the sustainable development, active that care and respect of nature and preventing degratation of natural environment make a basis of the agricultural and social development and the only rational way to get out of the ecological crisis without radical reduction the quality of human’s life. In discussed declarations they point out the individual, collective and institutional responsibility. It’s set up that the basis of the responsibility figured out like that - for the other human, for present and future generations, for the nature, for the global human’s society, for other communities of alive creatures, for the planet - should be ecophilosophy and systematic sozology. Basing on this two sciences we can make a socio-economical and ecological order indicated in the sustainable development conception.

Environmental Loads Resulting from Manufacturing Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 613-628
Author(s):  
Izabela Gabryelewicz
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Correct Choice ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Environmental Loads ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle ◽  
Present Generation

The study of environmental loads resulting from manufacturing technology is of great importance for environmental protection. Applying the principles of sustainable development means "a way of farming in which meeting the needs of the present generation will not reduce the chances of meeting the needs of future generations." Faced with such a challenge, the product must be assessed throughout its entire life cycle (LCA). From the available technologies and materials, one should choose those that are least harmful to the environment. In order to make a correct choice, it is necessary to know and understand the technological processes and phenomena that take place in them. Using off-the-shelf LCA applications, without knowing basic knowledge of manufacturing technology, can bias the results. The aim of the article is to present benefits resulting from the environmental assessment of manufacturing processes.

scholarly journals Sen’s concept of development as freedom and the idea of sustainable development

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 147-156
Author(s):  
Adam Płachciak
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One

On the one hand, the contemporary world is a place of sheer abundance; on the other, it is a place where the poverty is widespread, people’s needs are unsatisfied, and the natural and socioeconomic systems remain unstable. The negligence/absence of human rights and basic political needs pose a direct threat to development. One of the most effective answers to such a threat is the idea of sustainable development, which works towards the goal of satisfying the needs of present generations without depriving the future generations of their options and basic needs. Amartya Sen’s concept of development, understood as a process of extending basic civil rights and freedoms as well as improving the effectiveness of social security networks is crucial for intellectual reflection on the idea of sustainable development.

scholarly journals Environment And Sustainable Development

2010 ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Shalini Singh ◽  
Amit Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Living Space ◽  
The World ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The One ◽  
Rate Of Consumption

With the dawn of the 21st century, we are confronted with two conflicting scenarios for the future of man kind. On the one hand, there are possibilities of a bright future with press button living, space shuttles, information technology, genetic engineering and such other advances in science and technology. On the other hand, a grim scenario is looming large with burgeoning population starved of resources and choked by pollution. Faced with such crucial situation wherein we stand at the crossroads in choosing between environment and development we feel the need of ‘Sustainable Development’. The concept of sustainable development means that the rate of consumption or use of natural resources should approximate the rate at which these resources can be substituted or replaced. It further requires that a nation or society is able to satisfy its requirements- social, economic or others without jeopardising the interest of future generations. The paper broadly tries to outline the basic concept of sustainable development, the world-wide activities initiated to deal with environmental problems and the major strategies that can be adopted by nations for sustainable development.

African Worldviews, Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Workineh Kelbessa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
Peasant Farmers

This paper explores the role of African worldviews in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. African worldviews recognise the interdependence and interconnectedness of human beings, animals, plants and the natural world. Although it is not always the case that what one does depends on what one thinks and believes, indigenous African people’s ideas and beliefs about the human–nature relationship have influenced what they have done in and to nature. In African worldviews, the present generation has moral obligations to the ancestors and future generations. It ought to preserve the environment, which is rich in biodiversity, for posterity. This paper insists that it is extremely urgent that every effort be made to document the knowledge of peasant farmers and indigenous people in general. This paper further stresses that indigenous environmental knowledge makes a big difference to sustaining diverse environments, and it is imperative to preserve such knowledge before it dies out.

CANONICAL ANALYSIS FOR MEASURING EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 156-166
Author(s):  
Canh Truong Van
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
Environmental Component ◽  
Statistical Relationships ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
Social Environmental

Sustainable development now becomes zeitgeist of our age which can be perceived as the development that guarantees the balance between economic development, social well-being and environmental component, to satisfy the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need. From one hand, it is a way to define the goals which a good society should achieve to ensure better quality of life for all inhabitants of the planet, both for the present generation and for future generations. From the other hand, sustainable development is a way to understand the world as a complex interaction within and between economic, social, environmental systems. This article aims to measure the intersystem equilibrium of sustainable development by analyzing the statistical relationships between the different dimensions of sustainability. All of the analysis use the complete raw existing data set provided for 24 indicators for the years 2016 of 63 administrative units of Vietnam. The results show that there is an average relationship between subsystems of sustainable development in Vietnam measured by the level of mutual explanation of original set of variables of each subsystem in the procedure of canonical correlation analysis.

scholarly journals Translation in Social and Environmental Sustainability: Case of Energy Sector in few Asian Countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Anurasiri Nalaka Geekiyanage Don ◽  
Aruna Prasad Nissanka Arachchillage ◽  
Sacchidananda Mukherjee ◽  
Yuti Ariani Fatimah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
General Definition ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Vulnerable People ◽  
Brundtland Commission ◽  
Human Kind

In 1987, the Brundtland Commission introduced the term “sustainable development” to highlight the needs for taking the future generations into account. The term has evolved from only focusing on the human kind to reconciliation between humans and nature. On one hand, this evolution opens space for nature and vulnerable people to be acknowledged, on the other hand, it raises difficulties in implementing the idea due to its heterogeneity. By the mid 1990s, for instance, there were more than 100 definitions of sustainability (Marshall and Toffel, 2005). Rather than following previous scholars trying to find a general definition for sustainability, we try to approach it through the idea of translation. From this perspective, diversity is being bounded via others’ right such as a practice is wrong whenever it might harm others and not because it looks different. Based on the argument above, we look at the energy sector within Asian countries in an attempt to increase variety in understanding sustainability.

scholarly journals Environmental education for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation in selected study programmes at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovak Version)

Envigogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Ružičková ◽  
Marta Nevřelová ◽  
Blanka Lehotská
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Preparedness For Practice ◽  
Environmental Planning And Management

Sustainable development, biodiversity and landscape diversity should be a key component in nature oriented curricula. The Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava trains specialists in natural and environmental science in Master's degree, in particular in the context of the curricula “Environmental Planning and Management” and “Landscape Protection and Land Use”. The aim of the analysis was to assess the compulsory and elective study subjects of the curricula in question in terms of coverage of themes of sustainable development (SD). The curricula structure and content were analysed on the basis of 14 themes. The results showed that 20 out of the 41 study subjects cover more than 50% of SD themes. The other subjects, more narrowly focused, are also of importance, because they cover key themes such as biodiversity in detail. Graduates’ preparedness for practice and competencies should be sufficient, but it would be appropriate to also focus on the themes in the study subjects in terms of SD indicators.

scholarly journals Environmentálne vzdelávanie pre udržateľný rozvoj a ochranu biodiverzity v rámci vybraných študijných programov na Prírodovedeckej fakulte Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave (zkrácená verze v angličtině)

Envigogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Ružičková ◽  
Marta Nevřelová ◽  
Blanka Lehotská
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Landscape Diversity ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Preparedness For Practice ◽  
Environmental Planning And Management

Sustainable development, biodiversity and landscape diversity should be a key component in nature oriented curricula. The Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava trains specialists in natural and environmental science in Master's degree, in particular in the context of the curricula “Environmental Planning and Management” and “Landscape Protection and Land Use”. The aim of the analysis was to assess the compulsory and elective study subjects of the curricula in question in terms of coverage of themes of sustainable development (SD). The curricula structure and content were analysed on the basis of 14 themes. The results showed that 20 out of the 41 study subjects cover more than 50% of SD themes. The other subjects, more narrowly focused, are also of importance, because they cover key themes such as biodiversity in detail. Graduates’ preparedness for practice and competencies should be sufficient, but it would be appropriate to also focus on the themes in the study subjects in terms of SD indicators.

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