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Habiba Shamroukh
Comp 105-10
WA #2
25 September 2017
Introduction to "Sustainability"
sustainability dealing with human activity and the earth's resources. He further describes
sustainability as the ability to "maintain the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs". In order for this to happen, human
practices need to change so that processes such as recycling need to take place more often, which
will help in sustaining our current resources for a longer period of time. In describing a
sustainable environment, Weisser states that a sustainable environment has little to no waste. The
basic premise for Weisser's argument about becoming more sustainable is that our current
practices are unsustainable. Although many argue that the simple things we do today such as
recycling help make our world more sustainable, he argues that in order for our environment to
preservation, and economic viability. Social equity is simply the people and community needed
be applied when our human activities preserve our environment rather than harm the
environment. Finally, the third pillar, economic viability, is that our activities are feasible that
is, conveniently. Only when all three pillars are applied will our world be sustainable.
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includes different forms of discourse, political, rhetorical and is even personal. The complexity
of this topic comes from the fact that it spans many fields of topic, which means there are many
different topics within it that one can write about. Weisser explains that the broadness of the
subject of sustainability allows for many different opinions and perspectives to be formed and
analyzed. Writing about sustainability is good because the writer can take on different opinions
I agree with Weisser that most of our current practices are unsustainable and that we need
to change our practices in order to maintain the needs of future generations. Weisser states that
many discussions are taking place in an attempt to work out a win-win situation for both the
economy and the environment, but I do not feel as though enough is being done by everyone as a
whole. Although many would object, arguing that most people recycle, I do not feel that it is not
good for everything we use. It works for resources such as paper, plastic and glass, but not for
other sources such as oil. For instance, oil is used for many things such as powering cars but
it is not renewable. Therefore, once it is used it becomes a waste/pollutant and will cease to exist
one day. It is clear that the topic of sustainability should be a major focus for all people since
most of the things we use every day become wastes, which is a problem for our environment. I
agree with Weisser's argument that a sustainable environment will only be sustainable if there
are little to no wastes, because only then will our resources last for a long time and fulfill the
needs of future generations. Overall then, I believe that our current habits are ruining the
environment and that we need to fix our practices, which is important considering that the future