The underlying concern of modern society is that while today people are enjoying the comforts of economic development, the future generations are on the verge of confronting scarce natural resources and polluted environment and it is our most important responsibility to leave the planet as a self sustainable system providing equal opportunities of survival not only to our future generations but also to all other species co-habiting with us.
Among the contemporary array of topics, this journal will cover: sustainable agriculture, biodegradation and bioremediation, stress management, plant—microbe interactions, organic food production, environmental microbiology, pollution management and sustainable management of fragile habitats such as Polar Regions, glaciers, rain forests, oceans etc.
The journal will be a platform for the researchers and scholars working in the areas of environmental science, microbiology, biotechnology, biodiversity conservation, sustainable agriculture, stress management in crops and others related to environmental sustainability, to showcase their work and ideas to the world so as to use it for a better future for all life forms on Earth.
The journal will promote the work based on latest technologies and inter-disciplinary approaches for achieving the targets of environmental sustainability. Research from micro or even nano-level involving microbiomes, metagenomes, at molecular and biochemical levels to nanotechnology and nanoparticles, to those interfacing physico-chemical and biological systems and to the ones involving satellite imaging, geo-mapping, etc.
The target of the Society is not only the scientific community but also to ignite the young minds so as to inculcate in them the idea of sustainability and giving equal opportunities of survival to all the living creatures on the earth. Editorial team of the journal is very much familiar with the quality issues of the articles to be published in this journal, hence to overcome any ambiguity and maintain the excellence the manuscripts are critically reviewed by experts worldwide. Any critical reviews regarding the burning issues related to environment and its sustainability or novel research ideas correlated to the same are welcome from the researchers.
Editor in Chief would like to thank all the members of the Editorial Board of the Journal for providing their precious time and whole hearted support because of which the first issue of the Journal will see the light of the day. Society and Editor in Chief are also thankful to Springer and its team for the endless support and encouragement.
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar. Correspondence to Naveen Kumar Arora. Reprints and Permissions. Arora, N. Environmental Sustainability—necessary for survival. The core skills with which a graduates leaves college or university are highly sought after, especially in a modern world looking to drastically reduce carbon emissions and discover and develop the technologies of the future. Sustainability draws on politics, economics and, philosophy and other social sciences as well as the hard sciences.
Sustainability skills and environmental awareness is a priority in many corporate jobs at graduate level and over as businesses seek to adhere to new legislation. Therefore, Sustainability graduates will go into many fields but most commonly civic planning, environmental consultancy built and natural environment , agriculture, not for profit, corporate strategies, health assessment and planning, and even into law and decision making.
Entry-level jobs are growing and over the coming years, bachelors graduates can expect more and more options and opportunities. Sustainability is one the newest degree subjects that attempts to bridge social science with civic engineering and environmental science with the technology of the future. In short, sustainability looks to protect our natural environment, human and ecological health, while driving innovation and not compromising our way of life.
Because of this growing requirement, a master's will not necessarily be required for most jobs as bachelor's programs and in some cases lower than this prepares people for a career in sustainability.
Read more about the various sustainability degrees and education. Sponsored Content What is Sustainability? It also acknowledges that human civilisation takes resources to sustain our modern way of life 1. There are countless examples throughout human history where a civilisation has damaged its own environment and seriously affected its own survival chances some of which Jared Diamond explores in his book Collapse : How Complex Societies Choose to Fail or Survive Sustainability takes into account how we might live in harmony with the natural world around us, protecting it from damage and destruction.
We now live in a modern, consumerist and largely urban existence throughout the developed world and we consume a lot of natural resources every day. In our urban centres, we consume more power than those who live in rural settings 2, p and urban centres use a lot more power than average, keeping our streets and civic buildings lit, to power our appliances, our heating and other public and household power requirements.
Sustainability and sustainable development focuses on balancing that fine line between competing needs - our need to move forward technologically and economically, and the needs to protect the environments in which we and others live. Sustainability is not just about the environment 4 , it's also about our health as a society in ensuring that no people or areas of life suffer as a result of environmental legislation, and it's also about examining the longer term effects of the actions humanity takes and asking questions about how it may be improved 2.
In , the World Summit on Social Development identified three core areas that contribute to the philosophy and social science of sustainable development.
To ensure that the development goes in the right direction, we must make long-term sustainability an issue in policies, products, production and resource efficiency. The planetary boundaries were defined in by using nine parameters in an article by Will Steffen and a few other researchers at, for example, Stockholm Resilience Center.
The grey wedges represent processes in which boundaries are yet to be quantified. Courses and Programmes. New Student. Work with Us. Environmental protection is the most frequently discussed element.
It is concerned with the reduction of carbon footprints, water usage, non-decomposable packaging, and wasteful processes as part of a supply chain. These processes can often be cost-effective, and financially useful as well as important for environmental sustainability. Social development is about treating employees fairly and ensuring responsible, ethical, and sustainable treatment of employees, stakeholders, and the community in which a business operates. This may be achieved through more responsive benefits, like better maternity and paternity benefits, flexible scheduling, and learning and development opportunities.
For example, business should operate using sustainable labour, which involves fairly-paid, adult employees who can operate in a safe environment. Economic development is probably the simplest form of sustainability. To be economically sustainable, a business must be profitable and produce enough revenues to be continued into the future.
The challenge with this form of sustainability is achieving an equilibrium. Rather than making money at any cost, companies should attempt to generate profit in accordance with other elements of sustainability. What are the Primary Goals? How can it be Measured? How Does Sustainability Affect Business? Can it be Achieved?
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