MEI604: What is the Problem? | Saylor University

Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future. This video introduces the problem of unsustainability, then explores the importance of sustainability in business. Sustainability requires us to study ecosystem services, resource depletion, the effects of business on society, and planetary and societal boundaries.

What does it mean for something to be sustainable or unsustainable? How is our current lifestyle taking away from future generations to live comfortably and thrive?

Source: Sveinung Jørgensen and Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen,

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