THE CONTEMPORARY

WORLD

Module 6

Prepared by: Izabelle Joy A. Algar, LPT.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Articulate models of global sustainable

development;
2. Enumerate the three major components of
sustainable development;
3. Give examples of sustainable development;
4. Define global food security; and
5. Identify four pillars of food security.
The Ideal: Towards A Sustainable World

 Creating communities and societies that are

ecologically sustainable is the great challenge
of our time. What is sustained in a sustainable
community is not economic growth,
development, market share, or competitive
advantage, but the entire web of life on which
our long-term survival depends.
 Sustainable Development
Sustainability

- can be defined as the practice of maintaining

processes of productivity indefinitely – natural or
human made – by replacing resources used with
resources of equal or greater value without
degrading or endangering natural biotic systems.
Sustainable development

 ties together concern for the carrying

capacity of natural systems with the social,
political, and economic challenges faced by
humanity. 

 Is the organizing principle for meeting human

development goals while at the same time
sustaining the ability of natural systems to
provide the natural resources and ecosystem
services upon which the economy and society
depend.
 Sustainable Development three major
components:

 Economic Environment (economic aspect)

 Energy efficiency , incentives for use of natural
resources
 Environmental aspects
 Natural resource use, environmental protection
 Social inclusion (social aspects)
 Cultural identity, social inclusion, civil rights
 Examples of Sustainable
Development
1. Wind Energy
Wind is essentially free energy,
and harnessing it with wind
turbines can help new areas of
development to be more
sustainable. Combined with
other sustainable development
examples, these can be an
integral part of a larger
sustainability-based strategy.
 Examples of Sustainable
Development
2. Solar Energy

Solar panels can provide

enough power to make a
building completely energy-
independent and can even
take the form of shingle-sized
solar shingles which are
interwoven with the rest of a
building’s shingles.
 Examples of Sustainable
Development
3. WASTE-TO-ENERGY RECYCLING
These facilities use
combustion to turn non-
hazardous waste into steam
energy and electricity. Rather
than being sent to a landfill,
waste such as rags,
absorbents, PPE, and organic
debris are combusted and
used to provide energy,
reducing a building or area’s
dependence on external
energy providers.
 Examples of Sustainable
Development
4. ECO-FRIENDLY AESTHETICS

Louvers help to minimize air moisture intrusion, air

pollution, and noise pollution in a building or home. Eco
blinds from Blindsgalore are made from eco-friendly
materials like reed, jute, bamboo, or sustainably harvested
wood.
 Louvers

Eco blinds
 Examples of Sustainable
Development
5. WATER TREATMENT PLANTS

These plants intake oily water, bases, and water-based

acids and turn them into clean water that can be used for
industrial purposes. Not only does this help eliminate
pollutants from the water cycle, it also reduces the need
for outside water providers.
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
 Global Food Security

 as defined by the United Nations' Committee

on World Food Security, means that all people,
at all times, have physical, social, and economic
access to sufficient, safe, and
nutritious food that meets
their food preferences and dietary needs for an
active and healthy life.
THE FOUR PILLARS OF FOOD
SECURITY
1.  Food availability
Enough nutritious food of sufficient quality
needs to be available to people for their
consumption. Availability can be affected by: 
 Production: how much and what types of food

are available through food that is produced and

stored locally.
 Distribution: how is food made available

(physically moved), in what form, when, and to

whom.
 Exchange: how much of food that is available

can be obtained through exchange mechanisms

such as barter, trade, purchase, or loans.
 2.  Food access.
Individuals and households must be able to acquire sufficient
food to be able to eat a healthy, nutritious diet, or have access to
sufficient resources needed to grow their own food. Access can be
affected by:
 Affordability: the ability of individuals, households or
communities to afford the price of food or land for producing
food, relative to their incomes. 
 Allocation: the economic, social and political mechanisms
governing when, where, and how food can be accessed by
consumers and on what terms. For example, food may be
unequally allocated according to age and gender within
households.
 Preference: social, religious, and cultural norms and values
that influence consumer demand for certain types of food (e.g.
religious prohibitions or the desire to follow a specific dietary
pattern such as vegetarianism). 
3.  Food utilization.
People must have access to a sufficient quantity and
diversity of foods to meet their nutritional needs but must also
be able to eat and properly metabolize such food. Utilization can
be affected by:
 Nutritional value: the nutritional value provided by the foods
that are consumed, as measured in calories, vitamins, protein,
and various micronutrients (e.g. iron, iodine, vitamin A).
 Health status: the effect of disease (e.g. HIV/AIDS or
diarrhea) on the ability to consume the food and absorb and
metabolize its nutrients. 
 Food safety: access to food free from food spoilage or from
toxic contamination introduction during the producing,
processing, packaging, distribution or marketing of food; and
from food-borne diseases such as salmonella. 
 Preparation and consumption: the resources (e.g. cooking
tools and fuel), knowledge and ability to prepare and
consume food in a healthy and hygienic way.
4. Stability
Food may be available and accessible to people who are
able to utilize it effectively, but to avoid increases in
malnutrition and in order for people not to feel insecure,
this state of affairs needs to be enduring rather than
temporary or subject to fluctuations.
Thank you and Stay safe