Wednesday, October 29, 2014

The real motivation behind having sustainable development

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/cities-must-be/1430708.html?cid=TWTCNA

In the news item in the link above, President Tony Tan says that "Cities today must be sustainable and liveable to attract the best and the brightest talent". In other words, sustainable development is important because of economic reasons. Some might say that this is at least something positive. However, I believe that to  fully understand the gravity of the situation, our politicians must realise that not hurting the environment is important not only because of the economy, but also because there is an intangible value to keeping our environment sustainable. We are merely custodians of the earth before we hand it over to the next generation. Let's make sure we do not hand over spoiled goods.

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