In Jeffrey D. Sachs' textbook, The Age of Sustainable Development, he discusses various definitions for the phrase "sustainable development" within the first chapter. Before reading this, I did not realize that it was such a difficult topic to define. Even though it is hard to define, I found that Sachs does a fairly good job at defining it in three separate ways. I found that his one definition, in sum, about "the world economy, the global society, and the Earth's physical environment (Sachs 2015, 3)" to be the better of the three. For the next essay, I would like to focus on either Australia's or Germany's sustainability development.
I also didn't realize it was a difficult topic to define! Sachs did an excellent job at giving both perspectives on sustainable development. I agree with you that the world economy, the global society, and Earth's physical environment were a good way of defining social development.
ReplyDeleteI also had a very similar response and can agree with what you said. I think that Sachs did a good job writing about his definition of sustainability and I hope that we can share this definition with more people so that we can reach the meeting point of economy, global society and physical environment. Although it is complicated knowledge on how to reach sustainability is the first step.
ReplyDeleteThere is a film out about climate change called "This changes everything." I think of the work that Sachs is doing as an attempt to really change everything about how the international community functions. It's a difficult struggle to take on, but maybe it's what is required to preserve life for future generations.
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