Sustainable development: An earnest hope

Abstract

Sustainable development is a widely used and highly debatable concept leading to board acceptance with very diverse interpretations. The ambiguity pertaining to the definition of the term and its myriad approaches makes it even more complex and multidimensional in nature. However, no matter how we define it and what approach we adopt the essence of all the efforts towards sustainability or sustainable development is to reduce and lessen the wasteful consumption and inevitable impacts that led to the demise of great generations and summoned the present and future generations. Our technologically sound and advanced super generation has the wisdom to understand, learn from the past mistakes, and create alternatives to overcome the challenges. The mantra and passport to the sustainable development lie in rooting and inculcating new set of values, principles, and ethics for a bright and sustainable future of our generations and the mother earth. This chapter discusses the conceptual framework of sustainable development and addresses why sustainable development is inevitable.