Sustainable Tourism
In economic terms, self-sustaining means that the village creates enough revenue through diverse business opportunities to pay the village's operating expenses for schools, orphanages, medical clinics, and other services essential to breaking the cycle of extreme poverty.
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
The field of sustainable development can be conceptually broken into three constituent parts: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability and sociopolitical sustainability.
Sustainable development does not focus solely on environmental issues. The United Nations 2005 World Summit Outcome Document, refers to the "interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars" of sustainable development as economic development, social development, and environmental protection.
Agriculture Atmosphere Biodiversity Biotechnology Capacity-building Climate Change Consumption and Production Patterns Demographics Desertification and Drought Disaster Reduction and Management Education and Awareness Energy Finance Forests Fresh Water Health Human Settlements Indicators Industry Information for Decision Making and Participation Integrated Decision Making International Law International Cooperation for Enabling Environment Institutional Arrangements Land management Major Groups Mountains National Sustainable Development Strategies Oceans and Seas Poverty Sanitation
Sustainable development is an eclectic concept, as a wide array of views fall under its umbrella. The concept has included notions of weak sustainability, strong sustainability and deep ecology. Different conceptions also reveal a strong tension between ecocentrism and anthropocentrism. Thus, the concept remains weakly defined and contains a large amount of debate as to its precise definition.
The United Nations has declared a Decade of Education for Sustainable Development starting in January of 2005. A non-partisan multi-sector response to the decade has formed within the U.S. via the U.S. Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Active sectors teams have formed for youth, higher education, business, religion, the arts, and more. Organizations and individuals can join in sharing resources and success stories, and creating a sustainable future. Sustainable development is not just about business perspective but should be understood in such way to benefit the whole as a world.
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