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• Sustainability comes from the words sustain and ability which generally means maintaining the world we live in. Broadly, it is a term used to indicate programs, initiatives and actions aimed at the preservation of a specific resource.
• Sustainability actually refers to three distinct areas: people, 2) profit and; 3) planet representing society, economy and environment.
• Human sustainability aims to maintain and improve the human capital in society. Investments in the health and education systems, access to services, nutrition, knowledge are all programs under the umbrella of human sustainability. In the business context, an organization views itself as a member of society and promotes business values that respect human capital.
• Social sustainability aims to preserve social capital by investing and creating services that constitute the framework of our society.
•  Social sustainability focuses on maintaining and improving social quality with concepts such as cohesion, reciprocity and honesty and the importance of relationships among people.
• Economic sustainability aims to improve the standard of living. In the context of business, it refers to the efficient use of assets to maintain company profitability over time.
• Environmental sustainability aims to improve human welfare through the protection of natural resources or capital (land, air, water, minerals, etc.).
• Sustainability is about understanding how all of this is connected. It is about systems thinking.
• Sustainability – A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies can meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations.
• Stability – The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
• sustainable development the “development that can meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs”.
• five-principle approach to sustainable development:

  1.Living with environmental limits

  2. Ensuring a strong, healthy and just society

  3. Achieving a sustainable economy

  4. Promoting good governance

  5. Using sound science responsibly
• Globalization – is the word used to describe the growing interdependence of the world’s economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information
• Poverty – referred to as the lack and deprivation of important basic needs of people.
• Food Security occurs when every person, every time, is able to physically and economically access sufficient, safe, and nutritious food, depending on their dietary needs and food preferences towards an active and healthy lifestyle
• Food security is a multidimensional issue.
• Availability - It is the physical existence of food. On the level of households, food comes from their own production, or bought from local markets.
• Accessibility - It refers to the affordability and allocation of food, as well as the preferences of individuals.
• Utilization - This relates to the ability of the human body to take food and convert it. People must have access to a sufficient quantity and diversity of foods to meet their nutritional needs but must also be able to eat properly and metabolize such food.
• Stability - It refers to the ability to obtain food overtime.
• Other factors affecting food security:

  1.Population growth

  2. Changing tastes

  3. Global water crisis

  4. Climate change

  5. Land degradation

  6. Greedy land deals

  7. Aging farmers
• Hunger and health are deeply connected.
•  food insecurity is linked to many adverse effects to overall health.
• Food Security – the condition of which everyone is able to access sufficient, safe and nutritious food anytime.
• Undernourishment – is the condition in which a person only has access, on a regular basis, to food that is sufficient in providing the required energy for normal, healthy and active life, provided his or her own dietary and energy requirements.
• Citizenship - a person’s relationship with a state, to which they owe allegiance and are thus entitled to its protection, is known as citizenship. Being a citizen entails having certain freedoms as well as obligations.
• National Citizenship - redefined to include social and welfare rights within your nation or country, not on a global level.
• A national citizen does the same thing as a global citizen but applies these doings not on a global scale but rather within a country or nation community.
• Global Citizenship - the idea that all people have rights and civic responsibilities that come with being a member of the world, with whole world philosophy and sensibilities, rather than as a citizen of a particular nation or place.
• A global citizen is someone who is aware of and understand the wider world and their place in it. They take an active role in their community, and work with others to make our planet more equal, fair, and sustainable.
• Global citizenship helps young people to build their own understanding of world events.
• Aware to the global issue - A person should have interest in knowing the issue or problem of the other part of world.
•  Respect and value diversity - Ability to adapt and appreciate the different culture, people, and beliefs. Accept the differences
• Willing to help and cooperate - Ability to connect with other people and to the world to make the world more sustainable and better.
• Take Responsibility for their action and beliefs - A person should know his responsibilities and duties as a member of world.
• Characteristics of a global citizen: Demonstrate concern for the environment, locally, and globally
• Good communicator - A person should know how to communicate in a good manner to develop good relationship and to inform other people.
• Understand the diverse global perspectives - It is the responsibility of global citizens to understand global perspectives and promote agreements and the development of solution.
• Respect cultural diversity - It is the responsibility of global citizens to understand global perspectives and promote agreements and the development of solution
• Build Cross-cultural relationships Global citizens must interact with people from different countries and cultures. Otherwise, we will remain isolated communities with limited perspectives on global issues prone to conflict.