Amy+Min


 * Sustainability is the ability to endure

Week 3 ** This video basically explains sustainability and 4 principles that a group of scientists have created in order to maintain sustainability. This video reminded me of the "Story of Stuff" animation that Mrs. Lil showed us in class.media type="youtube" key="B5NiTN0chj0" height="294" width="484"

This video was made by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic games. It shows the sustainability initiatives that the committee has taken. It's interesting to see that people are really trying to take action to maintain sustainability. media type="youtube" key="kAMWcwY4_e0" height="300" width="490"


 *  Week 2 **

This video basically states that overpopulation is the main reason for the erosion of sustainability. It's definitely propaganda because it insists that humans need to limit birth rates as it will kill off our planet. media type="youtube" key="XXyyCY5IM6Q" height="229" width="384" align="center"

Here is an article by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) @http://www.unfpa.org/pds/sustainability.htm This article states that there is a link between population and poverty with environmental sustainability. It also states that sustainability is essential in achieving development goals. It states that large population countries continue to grow and that poor countries have fragile environmental conditions which threatens sustainable development. Large, poverty stricken countries have put stress and pressure on the ecosystem and have overwhelmed resources in some cases.

"Achieving the goals of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), especially universal access to gender-sensitive and quality reproductive health services, will help to achieve a more favourable equation between population and available resources."

I think this source is also biased as it basically pins the blame of 'overpopulation' on just a single group