I believe that the knowledge of sustainability I gained in this class will have a huge impact in my life. I can apply this knowledge to everyday life by taking action to make valuable things sustainable in my life. ... This is because it is better to have something that last long in our life. ... I probably think differently because I came from Thailand, a third world country, so I know how difficult life can be to live in a poor country. ... Overall, the knowledge I gained in this class will make my thought even stronger and I will try to live a more sustainable life....

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Man is both a social and political animal in that we are inclined to live in society as well as attempt to perceive what is just and unjust and, act accordingly as "men do in fact aim at what they think good." ... Politics functions so as to allow individual members of the community (as opposed to simply citizens) to achieve a life of justice that is a life directed toward the "good" and to undergo a personal development that strives for moral fulfillment. ... "The state came about as a means of securing life itself, it continues in being to secure the good life" and it is in the role of sec...

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Historically, city and community planners lacked the vision and understanding that would lead to environmentally friendly and sustainable conditions, allowing us to live in harmony with nature. ... With roads and highways stretching farther and farther from the city, suburbanites can now live at greater distances from the cities requiring a need for increased fossil fuel production. ...

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Despite the strong relationships between the economy and the environment, human activity remains to destroy the environment thus threatening future economic activity. For humans the environment is a waste sink for all their spoils of human economic activity. Many don't take into account that the env...

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We live on such a wonderful place that offers beauty and pleasure. ... Some of the consequences are the extinction of plant and animal life, landslides, and poor air quality. ... Some of the discoveries from the plant life have been aspirin, which originally came from the willow trees. ...

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An Eco village is a community whose inhabitants seek to live ecological principles, causing as little impact on the environment as possible. ... Although sustainable communities like Eco villages are very drastic ways of life, this shows humans around the world are making an effort to improve the worlds sustainability. ... Personally one could, bike to work (if not too far), take public transportation more often, eating healthy (organically gardening produce and other foods), using less energy in their home, recycling, bringing awareness to their professions and job locations, overall changing...

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"There was a time a beautiful world where humans and animals lived together in complete harmony loving and respecting each other. ... Sadly, these natural aspirations of a better life soon or later are transformed in ambitious and selfishness desires of consume the most as is possible. ... Directly influenced by the western view of nature, the average of the people in the United States belong to a society accustomed to a excessive consumption and a very high standard of life plenty of material goods. ...

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In addition, the author says the Indians are saving the supplies, which are donated by other countries, and lowering their living quality in order to create a better life for their children. On the other hand, Hardin believes that getting help from other countries is not only helping increasing the number of people in India, but also creating a miserable life. ... The purpose of Hardin's article is to introduce a new ethical way in which our world should live in order for it to succeed....

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However, once a business learns of the opportunities presented by such expansion, they may regard it as an exciting strategy which offers numerous advantages, such as;  Increase in sales turnover  Gaining economies of scale  Taking advantage of seasonal differences  Extending the life of a product  New growth opportunities  Greater utilisation of production capacity  Improved practices Businesses are always under pressure to increase sales revenue and profits. ... In a world where one in five live in abject poverty, Shell unde...

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The Vision of a Sustainable Society The Rio Conference on the Environment (1992) will live on in mankind's history as the occasion which put an end to obsession with economic development. ... In reality, what happened was that misconceptions were abandoned and development resumed its true meaning and moral content, which does not consist in the consumption of material goods but in improving education and health, securing a good natural environment, establishing harmonious coexistence between people in a just and peaceful world, and encouraging the stable joint development of civilisati...

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