Sustainable Development

Innovation 'must consider water, energy and land jointly'

25 May 2012

More technological innovation is needed to fight growing resource scarcity , but it will only be successful in achieving sustainable development if it considers the use of water, energy and land as interdependent issues, according to a European report.

Sustainable Development Should Target Basic Education

25 May 2012

Professor Ahlin Byill-Cataria, Executive Secretary of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), has said education for sustainable development should not target higher education alone but concentrate on the entire spectrum of the training process with major emphasis on basic education.

An Ailing Planet's Path to Rio+20

25 May 2012

The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 20-22. It's the third conference of its kind. (picture courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Our planet’s health is ailing. That’s the message in short from the 2012 Living Planet Report . Its content is sobering. We are devouring 50 percent more resources than the Earth produces annually. Species ...