Semantics
of Sustainable Development: The 80 North Assessment
Raghunathan
Nair Jaishanker and N.P. Sooraj.
Department of Ecological
Informatics
Indian Institute of Information
Technology and Management – Kerala
Trivandrum 695581, Kerala, India
This
paper reports a three dimensional analysis of the attitude of secondary grade
students in Trivandrum (8.49° N, 76.95° E), Kerala, India towards the concept
of sustainable development. A study was designed and meticulously implemented
in three phases during September – October 2014. In the first phase, students
were explained the concept of sustainable development from multiple perspectives
(Anonymous, 2012a). Animated illustrations, depicting human activities in a day,
during two time periods - the past and the present, were used to highlight
changes in pattern of resource consumption and social transformations. Multiple
dimensions of physical, biological and social sciences were used to analyze the
perceived changes. Unsustainability was projected as a consequence of human
actions, which stem from human attitude.
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