What is Sustainability?

According to the article What Does

Sustainability Really Mean? (The Search for Useful
Indicators) by Alex arrell and Maureen !art" an
excellent #or$ing definition of sustainability is
%i&'ro(ing the )uality of hu&an life #hile li(ing
#ithin the carrying ca'acity of su''orting
ecosyste&s*+
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Water Conservation
A ste' to conser(e #ater is the ste' to secure
the future* The &ost essential a&ong all the natural
resources on earth is #ater* A dro' of #ater is #orth
&ore than a sac$ of gold for the thirsty &an* If each
one of us &a$es efforts to sa(e #ater today" it #ill
sa(e us later* Water conser(ation is the &ost
effecti(e and en(iron&entally sound &ethod to
fight global #ar&ing* Water conser(ation is #hat
that can reduce the scarcity of #ater* It ai&s to
i&'ro(e the efficiency of use of #ater" and reduce
losses and #aste*
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Actions that a grade six pupil can do to
contribute to sustainability of WATER:
Indoors
>ducate one?s &ind through boo$s"
'a&'hlets" T@ sho#s" etc* regarding
conser(ation of #ater*
ix all dri''ing faucets*
Using a 'ail of #ater #hen ta$ing a bath
instead of using the sho#er*
8r if using the sho#er" don?t let it flo# the
#hole bathing ti&e* Aet it run only in
rinsing ti&e to conser(e #ater*
8r $ee' sho#ers under 6 &inutes*
Use &ini&u& a&ount of #ater to bath*
Recycle #ater that #as used already such as
the used #ater after #ashing the clothes for
flushing the toilet" etc*
When #atering the 'lants" use a 'ail of
#ater rather than &a$ing use of the hose*
A(oid lea$age of #ater fro& the ta's*
3e(er thro# the #ater unnecessary on roads
#hich can be used for gardening and
cleaning*
A(oid unnecessary flushing of the toilets*
Dis'ose off the tissues" cigarettes and other
#aste into the bin instead of toilets*
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Turn the ta' off #hen not in use es'ecially
#hen you brush your teeth or #ash clothes*
Use a broo& instead of hose to clean the
side#al$s or to #ash the car*
Do not lea(e the ta' running #hile #ashing
the dishes in the $itchen*
Bractice rain#ater har(esting (Rain#ater
har(esting is the gathering of #ater fro& the
roofto')
Store drin$ing #ater in the refrigerator
rather than letting the ta' run e(ery ti&e you
#ant a cool glass of #ater*
Do not use running #ater to tha# &eat or
other froCen foods*
Do not hose do#n your dri(e#ay or
side#al$* Use a broo& to clean lea(es and
other debris fro& these areas* Using a hose
to clean a dri(e#ay can #aste hundreds of
gallons of #ater*
DonDt let the faucet run #hile you clean
(egetables* Rinse the& in a filled sin$ or
'an*
Soa$ your 'ots and 'ans instead of letting
the #ater run #hile you scra'e the&*
utdoors
Ta$e sho#ers rather than baths" and use a
refillable #ater container" steriliCing #ater
#hen necessary" rather than buying bottled
#ater* (on (acation)
!id "ou #no$ That%
nly &' (ercent )ad Access to Safe Water
Access to safe drin$ing #ater dro''ed to <; 'ercent
a&ong ili'ino fa&ilies in -;;- fro& <,*4 'ercent
in ,555" according to the Annual Bo(erty Indicators
Sur(ey (ABIS) conducted by the 3ational Statistics
8ffice (3S8)* In real figure" ho#e(er" the nu&ber
of fa&ilies #ith access to safe drin$ing #ater
cli&bed by E*- 'ercent to ,-*F4E &illion in -;;-
fro& ,,*555 &illion in ,555 largely because of the
< 'ercent 'o'ulation gro#th during the three7year
'eriod*
&*+, (ercent )ad Toilets
The Annual Bo(erty Indicators Sur(ey (ABIS)
conducted by the 3ational Statistics 8ffice (3S8)
in -;;- sho#ed that the 'ercentage of ili'ino
fa&ilies #ith access to sanitary toilet i&'ro(ed to
<E*, 'ercent in -;;- fro& <6*< 'ercent in ,555* In
real nu&ber" this translates to ,2*F,2 &illion
fa&ilies #ith sanitary toilet in -;;-" u' fro& ,-*EE-
&illion fa&ilies three years earlier*
-ill in the blan.s:
,* In the Bhili''ines" GGGGGGGGGG as a #hole is
the greatest consu&er of #ater* Irrigation
constitutes a large 'ortion of total #ater
consu&'tion by agricultureH it is considered
the biggest #ater user in the country"
not#ithstanding the fact that only 4F 'ercent
of the 'otentially irrigable area of 2*,E
&illion hectares is irrigated* About 56
'ercent of the irrigated area is de(oted to
'addy and about F; 'ercent of 'addy
'roduction co&es fro& irrigated lands
(Dayrit" !*" The Bhili''ines. or&ulation of
a #ater (ision" 3WRI)*
-* Bollution of ri(ers" strea&s" and la$es
conta&inate GGGGGG and GGGGGGG #aters"
thus ex'osing the 'o'ulation to
en(iron&entally7related diseases* The
relationshi' bet#een 'olluted #ater and
disease has no# been fir&ly established and
acce'ted*
2* According to the %-;;6 Aittle Jreen Data
Ioo$+ of the World Ian$" GGG out of fi(e
ili'inos does not get #ater fro& for&al
sources* 8nly FF 'ercent of the rural
'o'ulation and 5; 'ercent of those in urban
areas ha(e access to an i&'ro(ed #ater
source and only 44 'ercent ha(e direct
house connections* Those #ithout house
connections access #ater fro& #ells"
s'rings" co&&unal faucets" and/or fro&
s&all scale infor&al 'ro(iders (MadraCo" A*"
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Ans$ers:
,* Agriculture
-* ground" surface
2* one
Education makes a people easy to lead, but
difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to
enslave.
/ 0ord 1roughha2
Than. "ou
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