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This month we examine sustainable development, a concept at the forefront of human consciousness. Simply put, this is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. But it involves so much more. It incorporates the harmonious melding of nature and cities, providing adequate education on environmental protection and nurturing everyday relationships to ensure the continuance of a way of life.
In cities, worlds overflowing with artificial things, we rely on cars to get from A to B and processed food to fuel our bodies. We can’t possibly imagine needing nature in its purest form to make it through each day. In Peru’s Mountain People Face Fight for Survival in a Bitter Winter we learn about local Peruvians literally depending on the animals around them for survival. The vital link between human beings and nature could not be better illustrated than it is in this sobering story.
In contrast to remote Peru, Venice is a city not only flooded with tourists, but due to global warming, is just plain flooded. Vanishing Venice illustrates how a failure to live in a sustainable way will result in dramatic consequences for our earth and the cities we live in.
A large part of successfully implementing sustainable strategies falls on widespread education. In Education the Key to Harmony, two examples of educational sustainable development programs show us how everyone can play their part. From Illinois to Ethiopia, adults and children are learning about the importance of relationships with the earth, and with each other.
This idea is extended further in Seven Must Haves for a Sustainable Relationship. To truly achieve sustainability in the world, there are a series of guidelines that need to be followed carefully in order to respect the environment. In the same way, people need to follow similar guidelines in their relationships with each other to maintain a healthy life.
Sustainable development is about adopting an attitude to change the planet. The hope is that in the future there will be no more talk of “going green”, we will all simply be green.
这个月我们探讨下“可持续发展”这一人类意识里富有前瞻性的概念。简单来说,它指的是一种既要满足当代人的需求又不可危及下一代人满足其自身需求的发展方式。然而,这一概念包含甚广。它包括通过自然和城市的和谐相融,提供足够的有关环保的教育,以及呵护日常的人际关系来确保一种可持续的生活方式。
城市里到处充斥着人造事物,我们依赖于汽车从某个地方前往另一个地方,依赖精制加工的食品来为自身提供能量。我们不太可能会想象到依赖最原始纯粹的大自然来度过每一天是怎样一种生活。在《秘鲁山区人们严冬中挣扎求存》一文中,我们了解到,当地的秘鲁人基本只能靠身边的动物来求得生存。这个令人警醒的故事最好地阐释了人类与自然之间至关重要的联系。
与遥远的秘鲁相比,水城威尼斯不仅仅观光客“人满为患”,而且由于全球变暖,真的就是“水漫为患”。《威尼斯之殇》一文以实例告诉我们:一种短视而非可持续的生活方式会给我们所居住的地球和城市带来严重的后果。
要成功地实行“可持续发展”战略很大一部分要靠普及相关的教育来实现。在《“绿色”教育:润物细无声》一文里,两个有关可持续发展教育的项目向我们展示了:人人都可以为此出一份力。从伊利诺斯州到埃塞俄比亚,大人和孩子们都在学习维系人与地球以及人与人之间关系的重要性。
这一概念在《七个忠告,助你感情久久》一文中得到了进一步的扩展。要想真正实现地球的可持续发展,也为了保护我们所处的环境,我们要小心地遵循一系列指引。同样的,人们需要遵循相似的指引来处理他们彼此之间的感情关系,从而维持一种有益于身心的生活。
“可持续发展”谈及的是秉承一种态度去改变我们所处的星球。希望是,在未来,人们将不再追求“过上绿色生活”,而是我们全都已经“过着绿色生活”。
In cities, worlds overflowing with artificial things, we rely on cars to get from A to B and processed food to fuel our bodies. We can’t possibly imagine needing nature in its purest form to make it through each day. In Peru’s Mountain People Face Fight for Survival in a Bitter Winter we learn about local Peruvians literally depending on the animals around them for survival. The vital link between human beings and nature could not be better illustrated than it is in this sobering story.
In contrast to remote Peru, Venice is a city not only flooded with tourists, but due to global warming, is just plain flooded. Vanishing Venice illustrates how a failure to live in a sustainable way will result in dramatic consequences for our earth and the cities we live in.
A large part of successfully implementing sustainable strategies falls on widespread education. In Education the Key to Harmony, two examples of educational sustainable development programs show us how everyone can play their part. From Illinois to Ethiopia, adults and children are learning about the importance of relationships with the earth, and with each other.
This idea is extended further in Seven Must Haves for a Sustainable Relationship. To truly achieve sustainability in the world, there are a series of guidelines that need to be followed carefully in order to respect the environment. In the same way, people need to follow similar guidelines in their relationships with each other to maintain a healthy life.
Sustainable development is about adopting an attitude to change the planet. The hope is that in the future there will be no more talk of “going green”, we will all simply be green.
这个月我们探讨下“可持续发展”这一人类意识里富有前瞻性的概念。简单来说,它指的是一种既要满足当代人的需求又不可危及下一代人满足其自身需求的发展方式。然而,这一概念包含甚广。它包括通过自然和城市的和谐相融,提供足够的有关环保的教育,以及呵护日常的人际关系来确保一种可持续的生活方式。
城市里到处充斥着人造事物,我们依赖于汽车从某个地方前往另一个地方,依赖精制加工的食品来为自身提供能量。我们不太可能会想象到依赖最原始纯粹的大自然来度过每一天是怎样一种生活。在《秘鲁山区人们严冬中挣扎求存》一文中,我们了解到,当地的秘鲁人基本只能靠身边的动物来求得生存。这个令人警醒的故事最好地阐释了人类与自然之间至关重要的联系。
与遥远的秘鲁相比,水城威尼斯不仅仅观光客“人满为患”,而且由于全球变暖,真的就是“水漫为患”。《威尼斯之殇》一文以实例告诉我们:一种短视而非可持续的生活方式会给我们所居住的地球和城市带来严重的后果。
要成功地实行“可持续发展”战略很大一部分要靠普及相关的教育来实现。在《“绿色”教育:润物细无声》一文里,两个有关可持续发展教育的项目向我们展示了:人人都可以为此出一份力。从伊利诺斯州到埃塞俄比亚,大人和孩子们都在学习维系人与地球以及人与人之间关系的重要性。
这一概念在《七个忠告,助你感情久久》一文中得到了进一步的扩展。要想真正实现地球的可持续发展,也为了保护我们所处的环境,我们要小心地遵循一系列指引。同样的,人们需要遵循相似的指引来处理他们彼此之间的感情关系,从而维持一种有益于身心的生活。
“可持续发展”谈及的是秉承一种态度去改变我们所处的星球。希望是,在未来,人们将不再追求“过上绿色生活”,而是我们全都已经“过着绿色生活”。