1.4 Sustainability
Significant Ideas:
All systems can be viewed through the lens of sustainability.
Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Environmental indicators and ecological footprints can be used to assess development.
Environmental impact assessments (EISs) play an important role in sustainable development.
Applications & Skills:
Explain the the relationship between natural capital, natural income, and sustainability.
Discuss the value of ecosystem services to a society.
Discuss how environmental indicators can be used to evaluate the progress of a project to increase sustainability, e.g. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Evaluate the the use of EIAs.
Explain the relationship between ecological footprint (EF) and sustainability.
