...Nations and its member states have strongly endorsed the goal of sustainable development, which implies meeting the needs of the present without compromising...ability of future generations to meet their needs (WCED, 1987, p. 8).3 The importance of energy as a tool for meeting this goal was acknowledged at every...

...aphorism. Beckerman (2003) points out that the original definition of 'sustainable development' defined it as meeting the needs of the present without compromising...ability of future generations to meet their needs. But 'needs' is a subjective concept. Moreover, when since 1820 has a generation not enjoyed higher...

...distinct populations through periodic movements of individuals between populations. Sustainability: Meeting the needs of the present without compromising...ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainable: The ability to maintain into perpetuity. Transdisciplinary: The collaboration of different...

...entitled Our Common Future prepared by the WCED for the General Assembly of the United Nations. The report defined sustainable development as "[meeting] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations Sustainable product development (524) Sustainability (1) Systems...

...Intergenerational Equity The 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, Our Common Future, defined sustainable development as meeting the needs of the present "without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Thus, intergenerational equity is an important...

...Brundtland (1987), former Prime Minister of Norway and the Director of World Health Organisation (WHO), defined sustainable development as "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Sustainability of a system depends largely...

...Development (WCED) is broadly accepted and seems to have intuitive appeal. It defines sustainability as: meeting the needs of the present without compromising...ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainability as a concept has two dimensions — those of space and time. The first dimension characterizes...

...organizations, businesses, institutes, and governments. The classic definition of sustainable development, "meeting the needs of the present without compromising...ability of future generations to meet their needs" was produced by the above-mentioned Brundtland report [World Commission on Environment and Development,...

...overpower the mechanical system and disrupt ventilation and circulation in a building. sustainability - Meeting the needs of the present without compromising...ability of future generations to meet their needs. sweat equity — Involves the homebuyer's participation in the construction of his or her own housing....

...would reduce cycle time. So we switched. We were all uncomfortable doing that, because Sustainability Meeting the needs of the present without compromising...ability of future generations to meet their needs* The Golden Rule, applied across generations "Brundtland Commission Report." United Nations, 1 987....