One Planet Living

One planet living is a global program based on 10 principles of sustainability:



1- Zero Carbon: the amount of CO2 in the air that produced from daily human activities.

2- Zero Waste: throwing away the garbage and unnecessary things that may damage the valuable resources.

3- Sustainable transport: affecting the kind of transports that we used on climate change and which caused many problems to environment like the pollution.

4- Local and sustainable materials: the construction and manufacturing which cause the increase in environmental problems and reduce the benefits for people.

5- Local and sustainable food: industrial agriculture produces food of uncertain quality which may cause many problems for environment and for the transport because of food transferring.

6- Sustainable water: the decrease the amount of freshwater that people need because of pollution and the human activities.

7- Natural Habitats and wildlife: over-exploitation of natural resources and the development in natural areas cause the decrease the number of natural area, plants and animals.

8- Culture and heritage: effecting the globalization on the people which make them doesn't care about their heritage cultural and have a few details about their country habits and history.

9- Equity and fair trade: many developing and rich countries cannot meet their basic needs from what they produce or sell.

10- Health and happiness: although people live healthier and wealthier and the feel happy in these days they don’t know the real reasons for contentment.