Environmental Sustainability

Paper Summary:

The paper relates that one of the leading causes of an unsustainable ecosystem can be linked with the current changes in the planet's climate. The paper discusses the causes of global warming and looks at emission standards, including the Kyoto Protocol. The paper contends that it is unacceptable that the United States has not taken enough action and has refused to ratify this protocol. The paper asserts that if citizens take a back seat on the ever-growing debate of environmental sustainability, we will fail to see any improvement and could face catastrophic consequences for our future generations.

From the Paper:

"In order to achieve a balanced ecosystem we first must understand what this constitutes. According to the American Heritage Dictionary sustainability can be defined as, "an attempt to provide the best outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future." Sustainability is intended as a means of configuring human activity so that society; its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and reach their greatest potential today, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, through means of planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations. Sustainability can be investigated at every level of organization, from local neighborhood entities to the entire planet. To attain sustainability we must work from the bottom up."

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