7.8 Sustainable Development

The avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance; the capacity for Earth's biosphere and human civilization to co-exist

• Greenhouse Effect

• Adaptation

• Sustainability

• Climate Change

Which best illustrates Sustainable Development?

• Brazil has cut down some of its forests to create more farmland

• Germany requires lumber companies to plant more trees than they cut down

• Saudi Arabia refines its own crude oil so that it does not need to import foreign oil.

• Japan requires all new buildings to be able to withstand earthquakes

What kinds of resources make up your ecological footprint?

• waste production

• water and energy use

• food and shelter

• clothing and transportation

• All of the above

travel directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.

• environmentalism

• ecotourism

• safari

• ecology

What are the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?

• A plan to achieve quality education around the world

• A plan to increase poverty in Europe and Africa

• A plan to decrease gender equality in North America

• A plan to achieve peace and success for all people and the planet