VOL 4 Test 1 - Sustainability

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Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

  • Sustainability: Term first used in 1987 by writers of United Nations report
  • Lecture aim: Analysis of the 1 surrounding sustainability
  • Sustainable development: Development that will meet the needs of both present and future 2

Myth 1:

  • No mention of the 3 in original definition
  • Original focus: poorer nations should have the same 4 to natural resources as richer nations
  • This would help them achieve better 5 conditions

Myth 2: 'Green' vs Sustainable

  • Key difference: unlike 'green', 'sustainable' is not always associated with things that are natural
  • For the sustainability lobby, the key problem is finding 6 to develop technology
  • Sustainability lobby is prepared to 7 nuclear energy

Myth 3: Role of technology

  • Introduction of battery stations on 8 is an example of new business thinking, not new technology
  • Agriculture: some farmers plant crops like sunflowers which don't use much water, unlike 9
  • Greater use of water is a result of changes in our 10