Viabilité

Sust n Able

Il n’y a pas de définition simple pour déterminer le mot “viabilité”, mais, 

 

généralement, cela signifie l’équilibre entre les besoins des gens, le profit et la planète

 

Cela veut dire aussi l’assurance que tous ces besoins pourront être satisfaits  aujourd’hui mais aussi dans le futur.

 

Le développement durable c’est promouvoir la qualité de vie pour tout le monde, c’est rencontrer les besoins d’aujourd’hui, sans compromettre ceux des générations à venir.

 

Le problème est que, globalement, nous ne sommes même pas capables de subvenir aux besoins actuels de tout le monde, ne parlons donc pas du futur. En d’autres termes nous vivons actuellement au-delà nos capacités. La perte de la biodiversité due à la réduction des forêts tropicale, l’excès de pêche, l’effet négatif de notre surconsommation d’énergie et l’impact des consommateurs sont pour l’environnement et le climat, une charge très lourde qui asphyxie notre planète. Ce mode de vie n’est pas durable.

L’IFM-SEI se consacre au développement d’un monde plus durable où les besoins de tout le monde sont satisfaits. Pour cela nous avons un programme éducatif intensif pour s’assurer que nos membres sont bien éduqués dans ces matières, qu’ils s’efforcent de changer leurs habitudes de vie et qu’ils sont aussi capables d’influencer les décideurs ainsi d’autres jeunes.

 
 
pionnier du senegal planting treesTUNZA : The UN Children's International Congress for the Environment 2008 Stavanger Norway. IFM-SEI was represented by Ocean O'Hara as she explains:
 "I was a delegate in this years TUNZA congress and participated as a Woodcraft member.I found most of the time I attended TUNZA interesting and fun because there were lots of different things you could do.  But there were lots of long meetings where there were a lot of adults speaking. However some children did speak about what they were doing about the environment which inspired me a lot to do a little  bit more to help the environment than I was doing before. One example of a young person doing something was a boy from America who asked for computers which people were throwing out, he then stripped them down and made new computers again to give to people who can not afford a new one.Another group performed a song and dance from Indonesia about what they felt was important to do. Another girl from New Zealand was protecting a nearly extinct bird that only lives in her part of New Zealand. She was taking the young birds and hand feeding them, but the hand was within in a bird puppet to look like the mother bird. This was done until they were strong enough to go out on their own. After coming home I have had different ideas of what I would like to do, one of my ideas was that we could travel around primary schools and talk about how we can help the environment and what TUNZA and The Woodcraft Folk is all about.  I have two schools so far who have invited me to talk later this term."Ocean Maj O'Hara