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Sustainable Development From a “Nature vs. Nurture” Perspective
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Author(s): Lucia Ovidia Vreja (University of Economic Studies, Romania)and Sergiu Bălan (University of Economic Studies, Romania)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 18
Source title:
Agrifood Economics and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gabriel Popescu (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5739-5.ch006
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Abstract
This chapter presents the role of nature and nurture in shaping the behavior of human beings toward sustainability identifying instances of both dramatic extinctions of species and collapse of entire societies, as well as successful, peaceful, and healthy adaptation of human communities to their environment, in an attempt to presents the imperative conditions necessary for attaining sustainable development. A very long and intriguing history reveals that from the nature's point of view humans are rather destructive, interested in their own short-term survival. Nevertheless, the same long history of human species bears valuable lessons and examples of adaptive behaviors grounded by nurture, and based on these examples, the chapter aims at advancing a new perspective of thinking sustainable development that could lay the foundation of a new education curriculum.
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