Chapter 13
The Future: Achieving Sustainability
Abstract There has been significant progress in the quest for sustainability in
various world parts, particularly the developed region. Despite developing areas
struggling to achieve some of the set targets, they have also made some progress.
With the Sustainable Development Goals due in 2030, the next vision will be
Agenda 2063. This closing chapter seeks to consolidate the roles that microorganisms, plants, and animals will play in a sustainable future. Focus is also on the role
that businesses, educational institutions, governments, religious groups, and citizens
will play in such a future. Using the case study of Capsula Mundi, experiment on
how to make biogas and individual matter of Jeffrey Sachs, the chapter makes a
critical contribution towards understanding how the future of sustainability will look
like. Future projections of sustainability are provided at the end to offer insight on
what the society should anticipate in the various continents.
Keywords Microorganisms · Corporate Social Responsibility · Jeffrey Sachs ·
Animals · Plants
13.1 Overview
Sustainability is crucial for the survival of living organisms because it ensures that
resources are used in a viable and amicable way. Rapid international urbanization,
population growth, declining resources, and degradation of the environment are
presenting challenges and opportunities to businesses as well as policymakers
globally. The planet is at a critical stage, and humans cannot afford to continue along
the same path. The earth’s ecosystems are fragile. Humans face problems such as
diminished supplies of non-renewable resources, extinction of species, increased
signs of global warming, and high incidences of environmental contamination.
These are key indicators that there is a need for a shift from contemporary modes of
production to sustainable means.
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The Future: Achieving Sustainability
Abstract There has been significant progress in the quest for sustainability in
various world parts, particularly the developed region. Despite developing areas
struggling to achieve some of the set targets, they have also made some progress.
With the Sustainable Development Goals due in 2030, the next vision will be
Agenda 2063. This closing chapter seeks to consolidate the roles that microorganisms, plants, and animals will play in a sustainable future. Focus is also on the role
that businesses, educational institutions, governments, religious groups, and citizens
will play in such a future. Using the case study of Capsula Mundi, experiment on
how to make biogas and individual matter of Jeffrey Sachs, the chapter makes a
critical contribution towards understanding how the future of sustainability will look
like. Future projections of sustainability are provided at the end to offer insight on
what the society should anticipate in the various continents.
Keywords Microorganisms · Corporate Social Responsibility · Jeffrey Sachs ·
Animals · Plants
13.1 Overview
Sustainability is crucial for the survival of living organisms because it ensures that
resources are used in a viable and amicable way. Rapid international urbanization,
population growth, declining resources, and degradation of the environment are
presenting challenges and opportunities to businesses as well as policymakers
globally. The planet is at a critical stage, and humans cannot afford to continue along
the same path. The earth’s ecosystems are fragile. Humans face problems such as
diminished supplies of non-renewable resources, extinction of species, increased
signs of global warming, and high incidences of environmental contamination.
These are key indicators that there is a need for a shift from contemporary modes of
production to sustainable means.
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
A. A. Akinsemolu, The Principles of Green and Sustainability Science,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2493-6_13
361