Overall sustainable development supposes that two concepts are called into question:
1) the pseudo law of "market self-regulation";
2) the notion of "human insatiability" as the basis of "needs". A sustainable culture must give precedence to the fulfillment of "being" rather than to "having". All its facets should be made clear: cultural (there is no single system of sustainable development, since it is influenced by history and geography), political (sustainability obliges us to debate democratically on the type of society wanted), economic (growth should no longer be confused with genuine development), socially just and ecologically viable. It also has an essential moral facet: justice for future generations.
Switching to sustainable development therefore implies changes in every area. Emphasis must be given to two dimensions on the strategic level: that of governance and world governance in particular, and that of information and education aimed at promoting the importance of being rather than having.
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