Sustainability

Making it last for future generations

Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present but in the indefinite future.

Sustainable development does not focus solely on environmental issues. Interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development are economic development, social development, and environmental protection. Indigenous peoples, have argued, that there are, in fact, four pillars of sustainable development, the fourth being cultural.

Cultural diversity is as necessary for humankind as biodiversity is for nature”; it becomes “one of the roots of development understood not simply in terms of economic growth, but also as a means to achieve a more satisfactory intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual existence". In this vision, cultural diversity is the fourth policy area of sustainable development.

Economic Sustainability: Information, integration, and participation are key building blocks to help countries achieve development that recognises these interdependent pillars. In sustainable development everyone is a user and provider of information. We need to change from old sector-centred ways of doing business to new approaches that involve cross-sectoral co-ordination and the integration of environmental and social concerns into all development processes. Broad public participation in decision making is a fundamental prerequisite for achieving sustainable development.

Sustainability is a process which tells of a development of all aspects of human life affecting sustenance. It means resolving the conflict between the various competing goals, and involves the simultaneous pursuit of economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity famously known as three dimensions (triple bottom line) with is the resultant vector being technology, hence it is a continually evolving process; the ‘journey’ (the process of achieving sustainability) is of course vitally important, but only as a means of getting to the destination (the desired future state). However, the ‘destination’ of sustainability is not a fixed place in the normal sense that we understand destination. Instead it is a set of wishful characteristics of a future system.

Green development is generally differentiated from sustainable development in that Green development prioritizes what its proponents consider to be environmental sustainability over economic and cultural considerations. Proponents of Sustainable Development argue that it provides a context in which to improve overall sustainability where cutting edge Green development is unattainable. For example, a cutting edge treatment plant with extremely high maintenance costs may not be sustainable in regions of the world with less financial resources. An environmentally ideal plant that is shut down due to bankruptcy is obviously less sustainable than one that is maintainable by the indigenous community, even if it is somewhat less effective from an environmental standpoint.

WE ARE A CARBON NEGATIVE / OXYGEN POSITIVE BUSINESS
We have arranged for the local community nursery to propagate
local large trees (to offset our carbon emissions) and plant these in protected areas on the Island in rehabilitated areas for local wildlife.
We have arranged for more trees than is required
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