14 Source: Youth Climate Action Guide - Take Action! (n.d.). Youth Climate Action Guide. https://sites.google.com/tdsb.on.ca/youthclimateactionguide/take-action Time for a quiz! Experiential activity Please provide some examples where your decisions/ choices had a negative or positive effect on your community. Now that you know the extent to which your actions/ choices affect the decision making, describe what you should have done differently? LEARNING UNIT 3: SUSTAINABILITY AND ITS ECO-SYSTEMIC VISION Sustainability refers to meeting our needs without affecting the capacity of coming generations to achieve their goals. We require social and economic resources in addition to natural resources. Sustainability extends beyond environmental activism. Most conceptions of sustainability include considerations for social equality and economic development. A unified roadmap for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, both now and in the future, is provided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was accepted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call to action for all nations—developed and developing—in a global partnership, are at the center of it. They understand that combating poverty and other forms of deprivation necessitates policies that enhance health and education, lessen inequality, promote economic growth, combat climate change, and seek to protect our oceans and forests. For more information on the topic please see Module 1- Climate Change, Sustainable Development. In general, three dimensions of sustainability are identified: ü Environmental Sustainability All of the earth's environmental systems are kept in balance and ecological integrity is upheld while natural resources are consumed by humans at a rate that allows them to replenish themselves. ü Economic Sustainability Around the world, human communities are able to remain autonomous and have access to the resources they need, both material and non-material. Economic systems are functioning normally, and everyone has access to activities like stable sources of income. ü Social Sustainability All people can access universal human rights and the essentials of life if they have access to enough resources to maintain the safety and well-being of their families and communities. Just leaders ensure that
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