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032 UNIT 1: WHERE DO WE STAND? THE STATE OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT Sustainable development calls for business and industrial activity that makes more efficient use of resources and materials, and reduces the output of pollution – solid waste, liquid effluents, noise and emissions. Sustainable development is about responsible entrepreneurship, product stewardship, long-term planning and ‘doing more with less’. 2.2 Broad Implications for Sustainable Development Sustainable development, as defined by the Brutland Commission, is ‘development that meets the needs of the present generation, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own’. This does not mean that business and industrial activity must be halted, for the needs of the present generation have to be met. Business must continue to prosper and to be profitable. Rather, sustainable development calls for business and industrial activity that makes more efficient use of resources and materials, and reduces the output of pollution – solid waste, liquid effluents, noise and emissions. This will help future generations to continue to develop sustainably, rather than inherit an earth stripped of resources and burdened with pollution and waste. Sustainable development cannot be achieved by action in industrialised countries alone. Admittedly, a large share of the world’s resources is consumed, and a major proportion of global waste generated, through business expansion and consumption in industrialised countries. But reducing use of resources and pollution in these countries alone will not be sufficient if resource intensity and pollution increase in industrialising countries: environment problems are not contained within geographical boundaries. Climate change and biodiversity loss threaten life on the whole planet, while acidification and air and water pollution are causing impacts in areas far away from the points of discharge. Sustainable development strategies have therefore to be country-specific, based on economic and industrial activity, social setting, natural resource base, and levels of environment degradation and population growth. 2.3 What does Sustainable Development mean for Tourism and Hospitality? Sustainable development is about responsible entrepreneurship, product stewardship, long-term planning and ‘doing more with less’. The environment is the tourism industry’s key resource – eliminate a clean and healthy environment and you eliminate tourism. To be sustainable, tourism businesses need to reduce the use of resources and the output of waste and emissions through, and together with, a range of environment management and monitoring activities. The framework for such activities is discussed in Unit 2. S E C T I O N 2
UNIT 1: WHERE DO WE STAND? THE STATE OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT 033 UNIT 1: EXERCISES 1. GROUP DISCUSSION, GROUP PROJECT OR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Outline the major environment threats facing the world today. How are these issues impacting your country or region? Critically examine how the resulting environment changes are affecting the tourism and hospitality industry in your country or region. 2. GROUP DISCUSSION OR GROUP PROJECT What are the major environment threats facing your country or region? What control measures are in place to combat these threats? Do you feel that these control measures are resulting in environment improvement? Make a 10-15 minute presentation of your findings. 3. GROUP PROJECT E X E R C I S E S Review the environment-related issues that have caught the attention of your local and national media over the past month and in the next two weeks. How have these issues affected tourism in your city or region? Make a 10-15 minute presentation of your findings. 4. GROUP PROJECT OR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT What is the biggest environment issue facing the tourism industry in your country? How does it impact the tourism and hospitality business? To what extent does tourism contribute towards maintaining and increasing this issue? Develop a feature article for a local newspaper responding to these questions. 5. GROUP PROJECT Develop an outline for a television or radio programme that will raise public awareness of environment issues and related control actions in your country. 6. WRITTEN (AND RESEARCH) ASSIGNMENT How does tourism and hospitality contribute towards climate change, depletion of the ozone layer, biodiversity loss, land degradation, acid deposition and air pollution?
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