Sustainability

Question 1

What is Sustainability

Answer 1

‘A development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’

The ability to meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

Question 2

What is a SUSTAINABLE PRACTITIONER

Answer 2

A sustainable practitioner is able to apply frameworks of sustainable practice (ecological, social, political, and economic) to the context of their industry, occupation in order to challenge existing practices and develop more sustainable ways.

Question 3

SUSTAINABILITY modle underpinned by four principles

Answer 3

Activities/impactsthat result in minerals extracted from the Earth’s crust accumulating in natural systems as pollutants (fossil fuels, heavy metals, scarce metals, scarce minerals)

Activities/impactsthat result in man – made and synthetic substances accumulating in natural systems such as pollutants (chemicals, pesticides, solvents)

Activities/impacts which directly damage nature and natural system

Be ethical. Activities/impacts which directly or indirectly affect the ability of people to meet their needs.

Question 4

How to care FOR OUR PLANET

Answer 4

Reduce our dependence on fossil fuels
and heavy metals

Reduce our dependence on synthetic
chemicalsthat persist in nature

Reduce our destruction of nature

Ensure we are notstopping people
globally from meeting their needs

Question 5

How many goals are there for the UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, and say some

Answer 5

17 goals

1. no poverty
2. Gender equality
3. climate action

Question 6

What is NZ RESPONSE TO SDGs?

Answer 6

NZ completed its first voluntary response to the SDGs IN 2019

Sustainability and the health sector: A
guide to getting started, 2019, Ministry
of Health