Week 1: Introduction to Sustainable Development

     In week 1, Prof Suhaimi shared with us the recorded lecture on the first topic, which is the Introduction to Sustainable Development. Sustainable development refers to how we live today for a better tomorrow. It starts with us humans to meet our present needs without compromising the needs of future generations ahead of us. The survival of our planet and societies depends on a sustainable world. 


    In the video, we learned about systems thinking, which refers to a new paradigm of analysis that encourages and enables us to understand complex and often hidden dynamics in our world. In today’s world, many things happen every day, such as the admission of 60 million tons of carbon dioxide, the extinction of 100 species, and the destruction of 50,000 hectares of forests. These cases are really concerning to our planet and they are mostly coming from human activities. To be fair, we all need to sustain our mother nature as the creatures living on this earth, not to destroy or ruin it by any means. 


    Moreover,  in this lecture, we also explored the unsustainable exploitation of resources. Deforestation and pollution have caused the loss of biological diversity while water, solid, and air have been strained due to high pollution levels. Because of this also, fish aquatic and wild animals in the forest continue to decrease in quantity due to air pollution. Thus, it is important for us to contemplate back on our relationship with nature and practice sustainability more in our daily lives. Small changes can lead to bigger positive effects. 


    Therefore, as humans living on this earth together, we must cooperate and work with each other to protect biodiversity and reduce our carbon footprint. For me, this topic enlightened my knowledge about sustainable development which I did not have enough knowledge of before. I do think that everyone should open their eyes to the significance of protecting our mother earth. 


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