Understanding the Inherent Interconnectedness and other Salient Characteristics of Nature crucial for Sustainability

Gopal Babu () and Santosh Satya ()
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Gopal Babu: Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College
Santosh Satya: Indian Institute of Technology

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 1, No 101, 2493-2505

Abstract: Abstract Sustainability is understood as a dynamic balance in economic, environmental, and social dimensions to fulfill all human needs for all generations at all times. However, with the increasing signs of losing the dynamic balance between socio-economic human living and the rest of Nature, the survival of the human species itself is in question. Efforts being made worldwide through the United Nations to restore this balance have shown marginal impacts at ground level. Though Nature, when observed closely, is easily visible as a dynamically evolving self-sustainable system, but, generally this fact is not considered/overlooked while planning sustainable developmental activities. Therefore, in the present paper, an effort has been made to uncover these inherent characteristics of Nature responsible for its dynamic sustainability. Various well-established pieces of evidence from ecological and modern sciences, arguments, and philosophical and spiritual aspects are discussed which show that there are fundamental characteristics of Nature i.e..—interconnectedness and coexistence that exist everywhere even at a sub-atomic level. These characteristics are essential for designing/achieving sustainable development programs. Based on the evolved characteristics, a holistic co-existential model ensuring dynamic sustainability for all generations at all times is proposed.

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainable development; Interconnectedness; Coexistence; Self-regulation; Wholeness; Cooperation; Worldview (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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