Module 11 - Sutainable Development

Module 11 - Sutainable Development

Multiple Select

Birth rates remain high in poor nations and population growth remains greatest in the poorest countries of the world.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Maybe

Multiple Select

Urbanization is continuing, especially in poor countries. People have always sought out cities in the hope of finding a better life.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Maybe

Urbanization

People have always sought out cities in the hope of finding a better life. But the sheer numbers of people who now live in the emerging global super cities, including Mexico, Sao Paolo (Brazil), Kinshasa (DR of Congo), Bombay (India) an d Manila (The Philippines), have created urban problems on a massive scale.

Globally, members of rich societies, who currently consume so much of the earth’s resources, are mortgaging the future security of the poor countries of the world.

Multiple Select

Members of rich societies, who currently consume so much of the earth’s resources, are mortgaging the future security of the poor countries of the world.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Maybe

Multiple Choice

This strategy means meeting our needs with a responsible eye toward the future by using resources efficiently, seeking alternative sources of energy, and in some cases, learning to live with less.

• Population control

• Conservation of finite sources

• Waste reduction

• Financial management

3 Sustainable Strategies (Maciones, 2002; 2010).

• Bringing population growth under control

• Conservation of finite resources

• Reducing waste

Multiple Choice

A sustainable environment demands __________ that helps us to see that the present is tied to the future and everyone must work together

• egocentric outlook

• ecology outlook

• global outlook

• ecocentric outlook

Multiple Select

Most nations in the northern half of the world are undeveloped, unable to meet the basic needs of their people. At the same time, most of the countries in the southern half of the world are overdeveloped, using more resources than the earth can sustain overtime.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• Not mentioned

Environmental Deficit 

• Food Sustainability

• Food Security

Food Sustainability

Sustainable food is a combination of factors including how it is produced, how it is distributed and how it is consumed.

Multiple Choice

It is one of the factors of food sustainability which means that people should consume food that is safe and healthy, produced without hazardous pesticides and chemicals, non-essential antibiotics or growth promotion supplements.

• Farming Practices

• Employment practices and community support

• Protection of public health

• Upholding animal welfare

• Low environmental impact

Multiple Choice

It is one of the factors of food sustainability which providing workers an appropriate wage alongside safe, hygienic and fair working

conditions, and support local and regional economies that offers job and build stronger communities.

• Farming Practices

• Employment practices and community support

• Protection of public health

• Upholding animal welfare

• Low environmental impact

Factors of Food Sustainability

• Farming Practices

• Low environmental impact

• Upholding animal welfare 

• Protection of public health

• Good employment practices and community support 

Multiple Choice

It exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and

economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active health life.

• Food Security

• Food Sustainability

• Food Stability

• Food Distribution

FOOD SECURITY

• Food access

• Distribution of food

• Stability of the food supply

• The use of food

Multiple Choice

It is a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food. Food insecurity is part of continuum that includes hunger (food deprivation), malnutrition (deficiencies, imbalances or excesses of nutrients), and famine.

• Poverty

• Food Shortage

• Food Inequality

• Food Insecurity

Long term lack of food security eventually becomes hunger, defined by the USDA as “an individual- level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.

Who is food insecure?

• 14.5% of American households 

• 1.2 billion people were chronically food insecure

• Asia was the most food insecure in region, with 642 million

• Over 15 million of the undernourished were in developed countries

Multiple Choice

It is one of the factors behind food insecurity which is substituting commodity crops for food crops (e.g., growing corn instead of vegetables) and heavy exportation of food crops at the expense of food security of the exporting country.

• Environmental factor

• Economic reasons

• Political reasons

• Political-agricultural practices

• Food Distribution

Factors behind Lack of Food and Food Insecurity

• Food Distribution

• Political-Agricultural Practices

• Environmental Factors

• Economic and Political Reasons

Results of Food Insecurity

• Physical problems

• Social problems

• Psychological problems

• Academic

• Social skills

Multiple Choice

It is a proposal to end food insecurity which advocates local production and consumption of food whenever possible as a means to avoid the cycle of poverty, reliance upon foreign imports, and long-term food security problems.

• Food Justice and Food Sovereignty

• Policy Changes

• Sustainable Agriculture

• Improving Agricultural Biodiversity

Multiple Choice

It is a proposal to promote a change that champions sustainable, locally produced food, including increased incentives for local farmers and for markets where fresh healthful food is available, can increase community food security.

• Food Justice and Food Sovereignty

• Policy Changes

• Sustainable Agriculture

• Improving Agricultural Biodiversity

The following are proposals to end food insecurity:

• Sustainable Agriculture

• Improving Agricultural Biodiversity

• Policy Changes

• Food Justice and Food Sovereignty

Thank you my beloved students!