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Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of economic growth in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come (sometimes taught as ELF-Environment, Local people, Future). The term 'sustainable development' was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Alternatively, sustainability educator Michael Thomas Needham referred to 'Sustainable Development' "as the ability to meet the needs of the present while contributing to the future generations’ needs." There is an additional focus on the present generations' responsibility to improve the future generations' life by restoring the previous ecosystem damage and resisting to contribute to further ecosystem damage.
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| World Bank World Bank go.worldbank.org/7IS3KBWK20 - Web |
| U.K. Sustainable Development Commission U.K. Sustainable Development Commission www.sd-commission.org.uk - Web |
| Sustainable Development Law & Policy Sustainable Development Law & Policy www.wcl.american.edu/org/sustainabledevelopment - Web |
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| Sustainable Development: Center for Global Studies... Sustainable Development: Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois cgs.illinois.edu/content/sustainable-development - Web |
| Principles of Sustainability Principles of Sustainability www.webpages.uidaho.edu/sustainability/ - Web |
