Disturbing global trends continue to evidence the fact that human activity threatens our ability “to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This goal of sustainability, as defined by the Brundtland Commission in 1987, will become more inaccessible without a dramatic change in our current mindset and behavior.
In the last five decades, the population of the world has more than doubled to 6 billion people and the world’s economic output has increased nearly sixfold (1). This unprecedented growth is altering the face of the earth and the composition of the atmosphere. (more…)
More readable than specialized journals and more timely than textbooks, Environment analyzes the problems, places, and people where environment and development come together, illuminating concerns from the local to the global. Environment offers peer-reviewed articles and commentaries from researchers and practitioners who provide a broad range of international perspectives.