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SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, image - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Only through balancing economic + social + environmental can we achieve true sustainability and a truly circular economy.
        
        THE THREE SPHERES OF SUSTAINABILITY
        
        :earth_asia: ENVIRONMENTAL :earth_asia:
        
        Decisions and actions that protect the natural world, preserving the capability of the environment to support human life.
        
        Ability for the environment to support a defined level of environmental quality and natural resource extraction rates indefinitely
        
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        :bank: ECONOMIC :bank:
        
        Financial strategies that make it possible to use available resources to their best advantage.
        
        Ability for an economy to support a defined level of economic production indefinitely.
        
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        :silhouettes: SOCIAL :silhouettes:
        
        The ability of a community to develop processes and structures, that not only meet the needs of its current members but also support the ability of future generations to maintain healthy community.
        
        Ability of a social unit (eg: a country, family, organization) to function at a defined level of social well being indefinitely, while optimising the quality of life for those living and their descendants
        
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        :arrow_down: The achievement of only 2 out of 3 Pillars: :arrow_down:
        
        :globe_with_meridians: Social + Environmental Sustainability = Bearable (environmental protection) :globe_with_meridians:
        :recycle::recycle: Society works towards lifestyle adjustments.
        :recycle::recycle: Society is mindful of our impact and contributes towards a healthier environment and well-being.
        
        :globe_with_meridians: Economic + Environmental Sustainability = Viable (economic viability) :globe_with_meridians:
        :recycle::recycle: A nation strives to meet economic growth and development, while operations are pursued with environmental protection in mind.
        :recycle::recycle: Therefore, investments must be feasible to sustain itself, create jobs, contribute to the GDP, and protect the environment from harm.
        
        :globe_with_meridians: Social + Economic Sustainability = Equitable (social equity) :globe_with_meridians:
        :recycle::recycle: Attain an equal and fair share of a nation’s resources to its people.
        :recycle::recycle: Thus, by having equitable distribution, we help to eradicate poverty, social inequality and raise the standard of living of the society.
        
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- - - - Sustainable development focuses on development of infrastructure, keeping the environment clean, to achieve growth.
        
        Sustainable development is a growth strategy to minimize carbon footprints to leave the planet for the use of future generations.
  - - - Sustainability looks at saving the environment as the primary objective
        
        Sustainability is the ability to sustain and hence the desired end product of a lifestyle
        
        Due to the ambiguity on defining the needs of human beings (often confusing between needs and wants), it is hard to correctly differentiate between sustainability and sustainable development.
- - - - Themes have moved from traditional (hard) themes such as equity, poverty reduction and livelihood, to being complemented or replaced by more intangible and less measurable (soft) concepts such as identity, sense of place, and social networks
        
        spurred whether governments and policy-makers should pay attention to ‘soft’ objectives, eg: happiness-oriented policies
        
        Thematic Roadmap on Social Sustainability:
        • Employee Relations
        • Customer Relations
        • Community Relations
        • Supplier Relations
    - - But as time progresses, societies began to demand more satisfaction. 1st-world problems begin to surface.