Critical Analysis
Introduction
With the ever-increasing threat of a less resourceful planet there is an overwhelming need to educate humanity to change. We must educate people on how to live by more sustainable means, protecting what little natural resources remain.
It can be said that developed countries such as America, the UK, Norway and Australia have a greater need for education for sustainability in order to change the wasteful use of resources and reduce carbon emissions. However, developing countries such as, Bangladesh, Uganda, and Ethiopia, require more immediate attention to overcome hunger and malnutrition. This can be in the form of education for sustainable living by providing the tools, knowledge and resources to further develop what they already know and are equipped with to enable communities to bring themselves out of poverty. Allen (1993) suggests that communities do
Not exist and cannot function except at the intersection of society and nature…it is important to understand that we are working in a situation in which both nature and society have been developed, produced and reproduced by the ideas and activities of human beings. (Allen, 1993 cited in Wilson, 2012, P.24) This highlights the importance of the pillars of sustainability and the requirement of Economic, Social and Environmental aspects of assisting developing countries to provide sustainable means for their communities.
This assignment will discuss sustainability and social justice and the role of education within them. It will also critically analyse a UK based Charity called, ‘Send a Cow’ (SAC) whose aim is to:
Enable poor rural families in Africa to attain food and livelihood security, by developing strong community groups and sustainable agricultural systems, which integrate crops and livestock.
(Send a Cow, no date)
Sustainability and Social Justice
Sustainable: 1 capable of continuing for a long time at the same level 2 using methods that do not harm the environment.
With the ever-increasing threat of a less resourceful planet there is an overwhelming need to educate humanity to change. We must educate people on how to live by more sustainable means, protecting what little natural resources remain.
It can be said that developed countries such as America, the UK, Norway and Australia have a greater need for education for sustainability in order to change the wasteful use of resources and reduce carbon emissions. However, developing countries such as, Bangladesh, Uganda, and Ethiopia, require more immediate attention to overcome hunger and malnutrition. This can be in the form of education for sustainable living by providing the tools, knowledge and resources to further develop what they already know and are equipped with to enable communities to bring themselves out of poverty. Allen (1993) suggests that communities do
Not exist and cannot function except at the intersection of society and nature…it is important to understand that we are working in a situation in which both nature and society have been developed, produced and reproduced by the ideas and activities of human beings. (Allen, 1993 cited in Wilson, 2012, P.24) This highlights the importance of the pillars of sustainability and the requirement of Economic, Social and Environmental aspects of assisting developing countries to provide sustainable means for their communities.
This assignment will discuss sustainability and social justice and the role of education within them. It will also critically analyse a UK based Charity called, ‘Send a Cow’ (SAC) whose aim is to:
Enable poor rural families in Africa to attain food and livelihood security, by developing strong community groups and sustainable agricultural systems, which integrate crops and livestock.
(Send a Cow, no date)
Sustainability and Social Justice
Sustainable: 1 capable of continuing for a long time at the same level 2 using methods that do not harm the environment.
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