Sustainability

Sustainability

• Has a greater focus on being able to meet the needs of future generations

• Has a greater focus on being able to meet the needs of current generations

• Focuses equally on meeting the needs of current and future generations

Meeting the dimensions of sustainability can promote health and wellbeing

• Only in the country which is implementing sustainable practices

• In other countries, specifically low-income countries

There are multiple considerations of economic sustainability such as the diversity of industries, and economic growth. These considerations achieve economic sustainability by ensuring the natural environment is used in a way that serves the current generation, as well as future generations.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Ensuring the natural environment can serve both current and future generations is an example of environmental sustainability.

Social sustainability involves creating an (a)   society that meets the needs of all citizens at the present without compromising the ability to meet these needs for future generations.

Environmental sustainability, includes considerations such as biodiversity, waste removal and pollution, and the use of natural resources. Which of the following explain how achieving environmental sustainability could promote health and wellbeing

• Promoting mental health and wellbeing by reducing levels of stress due to resources such as food and water being readily available.

• Promoting spiritual health and wellbeing by reducing levels of stress due to all genders having access to equal opportunities increasing their sense of purpose in life.

Use information from the case study to answer the following

Concerns about the environmental sustainability of petrol extraction is reflected by the statement that...

• "this has led to concern that some individuals will not be able to afford petrol"

• "Petrol reserves are becoming increasingly smaller over time, with concerns that they will run out in the near future"

Use information from the case study to answer the following

Concerns about the economic sustainability of petrol extraction is reflected by the statement that...

• "this has led to concern that some individuals will not be able to afford petrol"

• "Additionally, the use of petrol has many negative environmental impacts"

Use information from the case study to answer the following

The dimensions of sustainability are interrelated. This is reflected by the statement that...

• "in an attempt to mitigate these negative health and environmental impacts of petrol, some politicians have suggested that vehicles that use petrol should incur an additional tax"

• "For example, due to many cars using petrol in the UK, their air is polluted above the level that the WHO suggests to be healthy"

The dimensions of sustainability can impact health and wellbeing. The fact that the unsafe air due to petrol use has contributed to more than 40,000 premature deaths annually in the UK suggests that petrol use has a negative impact on physical health and wellbeing due to it limiting the effective functioning of the body.

• True

• False

Define sustainability