Ubuntu: Buried And Forgotten But Not Dead?

The economy is often given priority in policies and the environment is viewed as apart from humans. Nevertheless, they are interconnected, with the economy dependent on society and the environment while human presence and society are dependent on, and within the environment. Environmental systems are in constant instability accompanied by non-linearity and feed backs which are fuelled by antropogenic factors as well as natural trends. Thus raises a concern and need for a powerful systematic approach (Environmental managenment) that ensure the protection of the natural environment (Shacklotona et al., 2011).The separation of environment, society and economy often leads to a constricted approach, while concerns to do with society that are most
However holistic approach also recognize aspect of Ubuntu. However Ubuntu is largely ignore in our modern societies, thus they adopt the individualistic approach, hence “Buried and Forgotten But Not Dead” (Mawere, 2012). Ubuntu plays a crucial role in subtainable managing our natural environment. In the aspect of Ubuntu to encourage people to know and value their origin and best practise them without causing any impact to each other as well as to the environment (Nussbaum, 2003), thus this is best practice by holist approach. Environmental management is important, especially in developing countries where large proportion of the population is still directly dependent on natural resources and on the goods and services that ecosystem provide (Shackleto et al,
We need to examine the way in which new objectives influence the assemblies we place on the environment. In essence, sustainable development might have to first tackle issues with many of the expectations that influenced its existence. This essay has shown that the concept of sustainable economic growth is the key to striking the balance between conserving the environment and maintaining prosperity in the developed world while achieving economic development in underdeveloped countries. Emphasizing the need to shift from linear, western individualistic approach toward a complex and interdependent approach to environment management, thus we have duties for future generations. Effective environmental management systems, must be adopted so as to manage and assess anthropocentric impacts on the environment and education for sustainable development should become common practice in all countries. Thus Western countries, Eastern countries, and other entities (environmental