Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Task: Sustainable Societies Original Hypothesis

Below is the first part of our Year 10 Sustainable Societies in History Task:

Sustainable Societies

Original Hypothesis

By Adam Chan

A sustainable society is one which can at least remain in a stable and positive condition indefinitely through various levels of sustainable design which negate/nullify the society’s anthropogenic effects. Sustainable design is a method of achieving social, economic and environmental sustainability. It can permeate every aspect of society, for example: The way products are produced, distributed, used and the way the resulting waste is managed can all be affected by sustainable design. Therefore, a society can achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability is through effective use of sustainable design. Example: One aspect of achieving economic and environmental stability s to apply sustainable design to how we utilize our resources to create products, the overarching goal being to maximize our economic productivity within the limits of renewable resources and minimizing our anthropogenic effects on nature to a level of sustainability.

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