Sustainability and Global Trends

Question 1

Sustainability

Answer 1

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Question 2

Economic Sustainability

ensuring that _ to sustain_and continue_

Answer 2

Ensuring that average incomes in all countries are adequate to sustain a decent standard of living and continue to rise with inflation and living costs in the future.

Question 3

Considerations of Economic Sustainability

Answer 3

• Innovation and diversity of industries
• Employment
• Economic Growth
• Trade

Question 4

Social Sustainability

creating an _ _ that _ and can be _ _

Answer 4

Creating an equitable society that meets the needs of all citizens and can be maintained indefinitely.

Question 5

Considerations of Social Sustainability

Answer 5

• Elimination of poverty and the provision of social protection systems
• Gender equality
• Access to safe and decent working conditions
• Promotion of political and legal rights
• Peace and security

Question 6

Environmental sustainability

Ensuring the_ _ is used in a way _
_ _ should use _ _ only at a rate _

Answer 6

Relates to ensuring the natural environment is used in a way that will preserve resources into the future. Human activities should use natural resources only at a rate that allows these resources to replenish for future generations.

Question 7

Considerations of Environmental Sustainability

why u come back

Answer 7

• Biodiversity
• Climate Change
• Use of natural resources
• Waste removal and pollution

Question 8

Innovation and diversity of industries

Answer 8

• workforce is not made up solely from agriculture.
• natural disaster or extreme weather event were to occur - economy would still be able to thrive for both current and future generations,
• decreasing stress and anxiety associated with a failing economy and promoting mental health and wellbeing worldwide.

Question 9

Employment

Answer 9

• High levels of employment worldwide for current and future generations - incomes increase
• helps to avoid poverty by having the means to afford essential resources such as nutritious food (fruit and veggies) to meet energy needs
• high energy levels thus promoting physical health and wellbeing.

Question 10

Trade

Answer 10

• Fair trade provides greater opportunities for international trade, decent working conditions, and fair prices for producers.
• equal spread of wealth worldwide - reducing stress and anxiety as people have more income both now and in the future
• therefore do not have to worry about being able to access basic necessities. Promoting mental health and wellbeing.

Question 11

Economic Growth

Answer 11

Requires sustained growth worldwide in GNI per capita for current and future generations to ensure governments can continue to provide services such as healthcare.
Access to healthcare means that people worldwide will have timely access to medical professional advice
helps to contribute to the absence of disease and illness worldwide thus promoting physical health and wellbeing.

Question 12

Elimination of poverty and the provision of social protection systems

Answer 12

If poverty is eliminated, all people can access the resources required for a decent standard of living, such as education, food, clean water, adequate housing and sanitation. This promotes health and wellbeing by:
- Reducing the risk of infectious diseases thus promoting effective functioning of the body and its systems, improving physical heath and wellbeing

Question 13

Gender equality

Answer 13

Gender equality includes the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women girls. This assists in promoting health and wellbeing in a number of ways, including:
- Decreased stress levels, as women will be less worried about the impacts of violence and discrimination, which promotes mental health and wellbeing.

Question 14

Access to safe and decent working conditions

Answer 14

Access to safe and decent working conditions now and in the future would see an end to child labor and forced and unsafe conditions, and assist in reducing poverty. This would have a range of benefits for health and wellbeing, including:
- People working in safe and decent jobs are more likely to experience positive emotions in a positive scenario, including pride and satisfaction, which promotes emotional health and wellbeing.

Question 15

Promotion of political and legal rights

Answer 15

The promotion of political and legal rights leads to connecting women, indigenous people and ethnic minorities to the communtiy in which they live, promoting their sense of belonging increases spiritual health and wellbeing

Question 16

Peace and Security

Answer 16

When a country is experiencing peace, people in this country are able to go about daily tasks such as grocery shopping that they would not be able to if conflict existed. Thus promoting physical health and wellbeing.

Question 17

Biodiversity

Answer 17

If a species within an ecosystem becomes removed, such as bees which provide canola, sunflower then these crops become increasing difficult to grow. This could decrease the world food supply, increasing food insecurity leading to a decreased amount of food to fulfill energy needs and resulting in low energy levels thus impacting physical health and wellbeing.

Question 18

Climate Change

Answer 18

By ensuring climate change is minimized allows weather and rainfall patters to stabilize, which may reduce the rate and severity of natural disasters. This will reduce the number of injuries and deaths that occur as a result of these events which will promote physical health and wellbeing and help maintain infrastructure that is required for social, emotional, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing.

Question 19

Use of natural resources

Answer 19

Sustainable use of natural resources ensures that current and future generations worldwide will be able to access the same amount of resources such as food that past generations have accessed. This increases food security and promotes eating amount of food to meet energy needs, resulting in adequate energy levels and therefore promoting physical health and wellbeing.

Question 20

Waste removal and pollution

Answer 20

Adequate waste removal and maintaining environmental purity ensures access to clean water for current and future generations worldwide. This can prevent infectious water borne diseases such as chloera, leading to the absence of disease and illness and therefore promote physical health and wellbeing.

Question 21

4 global trends

Answer 21

1. Climate Change (rising sea levels, extreme weather events, changing weather patterns)
2. Tourism and world trade
3. Digital technologies and knowledge sharing
4. Conflict and mass migration

Question 22

Tourism and World Trade

Answer 22

Positive for health and wellbeing: An increase in tourism promotes greater opportunities for jobs as staff are needed for hotels and restaurants in popular areas. This increases job stability for locals who live in these areas and causes them to have a stable income, reducing stress and anxiety associated with unemployment and thus increasing mental health and wellbeing.

Negative for health and wellbeing: An increase in tourism means an increase in people traveling within and between borders by plane, which puts harmful gases into the air and contributes to air pollution. An increase in air pollution means an increase in climate change, with people in agricultural areas experiencing more extreme weather events due to this. More extreme weather events means that more crops will be destroyed, increasing farmers’ stress and anxiety and decreasing mental health and wellbeing.

Question 23

Climate Change (rising sea levels, extreme weather events, changing weather patterns)

Answer 23

Positive for health and wellbeing: No positive?? – maybe increase in resilience therefore promoting emotional health and wellbeing.

Negative for health and wellbeing: A rise in extreme weather events due to climate change such as hurricanes in tropical areas destroy homes and ruin the natural landscape, leading to an increase in displacement and homelessness. Displacement can ruin an individual’s sense of belonging to a community, thus decreasing spiritual health and wellbeing.

Question 24

Conflict and mass migration

Answer 24

Positive for health and wellbeing: An increase in mass migration in low-income countries can lead to more people living in a particular area and buying from local shops, giving the local shops an increase in business sales and thus a stable income. A stable income can mean that the business owners will feel less stress and anxiety due to not having to worry about how to afford basic necessities, thus increasing mental health and wellbeing.

Negative for health and wellbeing: An increase in conflict means a rise in injuries due to stabbings and gun bullets attributed to conflict, meaning individuals will not be free from disease, illness and injury thus decreasing physical health and wellbeing.

Question 25

Digital technology and knowledge sharing

Answer 25

Positive for health and wellbeing: An increase in digital technology means increased access to timely healthcare, regardless of where someone may live through the introduction of Telehealth. Telehealth provides consultations with medical professionals for those who may live in remote areas, who are then able to be treated for their conditions, thus promoting well-functioning of the body and its systems and increasing physical health and wellbeing.

Negative for health and wellbeing: An increase in digital technology used means that it is more likely that young teenagers will be subject to online bullying over social media as more people will have access to mobile devices such as phones. Online bullying can decrease confidence in young teenagers, leading to a decrease in mental health and wellbeing.