The irresponsible production and consumption, climate change and global economic problems experienced recently affect both us and future generations. Therefore, sustainable life, which includes topics such as green entrepreneurship, green economy, green technology, green chemistry, zero waste, recycling, conscious consumption, savings, renewable energy sources, organic agriculture, permaculture, etc. within the framework of sustainable development, has become mandatory. While contributing to environmental sustainability from an ecological and economic perspective, it also contributes to economic development, income growth, employment and poverty reduction.
A sustainable lifestyle includes eating, transportation, socializing, energy use, waste disposal, and many other issues. Simply put, being sustainable is meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This means that everything that is done has the least impact and the least waste. Sustainable living is not just about philosophical thinking. It also inherently involves taking action. Because while the efforts of a single individual may not solve all the problems today, the collective spirit of individuals moving towards sustainable living will feed the collective spirit and create real solutions.
Sustainability is not just an environmental issue; it is also an economic issue. One-fifth of the population not only has access to most of the planet’s environmental resources, but also has access to most of the planet’s economic resources, including education and health care. Unless living standards change, developing countries will continue to experience poverty and malnutrition, while their populations will continue to grow. Sustainability can be part of the answer to reducing poverty worldwide.
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Ecology is a branch of science that studies the relationships between living beings and their environment, which includes all living and non-living beings. The first German scientist to use this concept, Ernest Haecke, said the following about the similarity between economic and ecological systems: “By ecology, we understand the body of information related to the economy of nature.” Economics, on the other hand, studies how to manage the unlimited demands or needs of consumers with limited resources. Ecological economics also studies the economic contribution of natural resources such as energy, raw materials, and natural resources. In order for economic welfare to increase steadily along with consumption, production must also continue steadily and increasingly. The environmental factor has an important place in the production and consumption process, both as a developer and a limiter.
The ecosystem that ecology studies is the entirety of the living and non-living environment. Here, there are two factors: non-living, abiotic factors (non-living factors such as soil, water, air, climate) and living, biotic (producer plants, consumer animals and decomposer fungi) factors. Organisms in this definition; in other words, living beings or living environment, refers to individuals belonging to humans, animals and plants or communities formed from them.