While there is increased awareness and education surrounding one’s ecological footprint and its impact on the environment, conservation efforts through environmental sustainability have been questioned for its true effectiveness in mitigating the impact of our current environmental degradation. This begs the question of whether true environmental sustainability is indeed possible to achieve or if it will only remain as a mere goal that is impossible to carry out, let alone, impactful.
The assumption in the question in that sustainability has intrinsic value. It has positive benefits or impacts on our environment. Environmental sustainability is unachievable and any efforts will not be able to mitigate the existing problems and impacts of our current environment.
Discuss the desirability of environmental sustainability and evaluate whether the goal or the efforts at achieving this goal are achievable or not. A thoughtful response also reflects the perspective of “Ideal versus Reality”; reasons and factors that may hinder the goal from arriving at its idealistic outcomes are discussed, resulting in a key treatment of the contention “desirable, but unrealistic goal”.
Provides an accurate and complete understanding of the key terms in the question; the concept of ‘environmental sustainability, as well as the contention of ‘desirability’ and ‘achievability’ of this concept is explained and evaluated against each other consistently and extensively. Explain environmental sustainability in terms of the efforts taken by various stakeholders (Individuals, Society, Government, NGO, etc.) in ensuring the longevity of resources and ensuring that environmental degradation is kept to a minimum. The ‘desirability’ of sustainability is explicitly discussed in terms of its inherent worth, value, significance, or benefits. The ‘achievability’ of a goal is also discussed through analysing the outcomes of the goal/objective, or the process of carrying out the objective.