TO PROGRESS OR TO SUSTAIN???

When we talk about sustainable development, have we ever asked ourselves where did the concept come from? The idea was developed by the then Norwegian PM in 1983, see this site for further info - http://www.sustainability-ed.org/pages/what1-4brundt.htm

the thing is .... why is such a concept being introduced at a stage where most developed countries have sort-of fully utilised our natural resources, and now sumhow expect the developing nation to abide to its expectation to preserve mother nature? Yes, the concept of sustainability was introduced so that whilst we are eager to develop and progress, we need to sustain our resources for future usage and enjoyment.

Answer me...would such a concept be a success when all we think of is to generate wealth in any ways that is possible? When Henry Ford built his car, was he concern with the fact that his car will be further developed and causing the petrol price to go crazy and polluting the world with carbons? did the Wright brothers thought the same as well when they built the planes? Was the chinese thinking the same when they created papers and chopsticks which now requires us to cut trees to make more and more papers! But what are we without all these development? Still living in caves and hunting animals to feed our family?

one of my professors asked this question in classs...what loss will there ever be should the future generation can no longer see the living of animals like tigers, orang-utans or even the rhinos...which we sumhow campaign very much to ensure that it doesnt vanish in the air like T-Rex. i told him that no one has ever seen the existence of dinosours which our scientis claimed to have lived and vanished million years ago, so what difference does it make? despite learning and going tru the history of dinosours at the natural history museum in london, i am still not convinced of its existence nor the information that are published!

my reason is simple - no one human being have ever experienced the existence of dinosours and what we know now are based on research after research being conducted. without any first hand experience, information nor witnesses available, how can i then believe on the existence of dinosours? i believe in facts and evidence...but evidence on discovery of dinosour bones which supposedly to be of 300million years old or 30 million years old - is not concrete enough to make me believe dinosours existed. O ya...i dont believe on Darwin theory as well...get real k...i am not in any ways related to orang-utan or which ever animal he wld hv cited in his research and developed to be humans.

we are fed with information that if we do not take necessary action to stop o prevent global warming, the world will go into a chaotic twirl. Yet, to me personally, people during ice-age period lived in its utmost simplicity without any technologies/development that we are enjoying currently, the dinosours could hv been the mightiest animal during its time, still they vanished!

So whilst the developing nations are tell the developed nation to not to tell us how we should develop ourselves while you were the ones whom over-utilised our natural resources, things will happen if it's meant to happen. we can try to reduce usage of CFC, plastics, reduce pollutions. get into recycling, stop cutting trees or save the animals yet if things wanna get worst, it will happen.

i do want my children and grandchildren to experience live as i had and am experiencing now yet i also accept the fact the it could never happen that way because nothing will ever be the same, when what we all want is - futher development for a brighter future. Development demands sacrifices from us the living creatures .... and we as the consumer bears all the burden and liabilities. Prices of goods will keep-on increasing, oil resources will dry-up, more forests will be chopped-off, the world's temperature will increase...and one day despite everything that we have done, all the efforts we have put in to prevent the world from suffering, everything will just vanish!!!

i am not someone who has loss hope to save our world, i am not trying to scare you with what little info i may know...all i am is just me....like micheal jackson's song - if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make the change.....