Vision Of Sustainable Development Research Articles

COVID-19, Sustainability Always Rings Twice

After consulting the relevant scientific literature and the reports of international institutions, the authors trace the environmental and social causes behind the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, describing its impacts and suggesting some routes to a sustainable recovery. The starting point is the finding that the world is experiencing a sustainability crisis. Sustainability can be said to “always rings twice”: the first “ring” is an alert of its absence, which probably determined the explosion of the pandemic crisis (and its consequences and impacts), while the second “ring” is presenting an opportunity to change the current development model. To fully understand the pandemic’s origins, the links between the scientific knowledge on the origin of the virus and the holistic visions for sustainable development must be assessed, to focus on the causes (and not on the symptoms) of the pandemic, which the scientific community had widely predicted. The loss of biodiversity, population trends and the direct and indirect consequences of climate change have deeply affected the balance of ecosystems and attacked the natural “buffer” that separated humans from animal species that are reservoir hosts of viruses. These causes found fertile ground in the great human mobility of 21st century economic globalisation and in the environmental and social conditions in some of the world’s heavily industrialised areas. This set of conditions, combined with a general short-circuiting of border controls between countries, allowed the epidemic to evolve into a pandemic and become more lethal in the process. What we are currently experiencing is unfortunately the mother of all the negative externalities associated with a social and economic development model that has become unsustainable. The last part of the article outlines the main elements for a sustainable recovery that is coherent with the majority of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. They are grouped in strategic directions and many are now widely shared.

Does Social Businesses Development Affect Bioenergy Industry Growth under the Pathway of Sustainable Development?

The Treaty of European Union (EU) sets out the EU vision for sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. This led us to ask whether or not social business development stimulates the development of the bioenergy sector in the EU28 countries. Given the increasing rates of energy insecurity, environmental pollution, poverty, and unemployment, countries are switching to alternative energy sources that might promote social business development, climate change, and environmental quality. In this scenario, the bioenergy industry has received the attention of scholars and policymakers alike. The role social business development can play in the growth of the bioenergy industry remains uncertain, therefore, further investigation is necessary. This study, therefore, explores the relationships between the bioenergy industry and social business development indicators related to zero emissions, zero poverty, and zero unemployment for EU28 region countries from 1990 to 2018. Empirical evidence is based on the use of a new economic model, dynamic panel co-integration simulations (Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square, Dynamic Ordinary Least Square, and Pooled Ordinary Least Square). The results reveal a negative relationship between EU28′s bioenergy industry growth and carbon dioxide emissions, vulnerable employment, and unemployment rate, suggesting that bioenergy industry growth helps reduce pollution and unemployment. Likewise, bioenergy industry growth increases food supply, economic growth, and female employment and might be the best alternative to fossil fuels. Necessary policy related to bioenergy industry growth can be formulated, especially in achieving the sustainable development goals for social businesses.

Designing an Education System for Sustainable Development

This article is aimed at theoretical comprehension of foreign and domestic experience in designing and implementing education for sustainable development and creating a technological model of advanced education in a technical university in the interests of sustainable development. Constructing a technological model that includes an integrated system of pedagogical technologies aimed at the formation of personal achievements and opportunities. Each student constructs and reconstructs their own capabilities based on reflection, which can act as a universal goal of using the models of anticipatory learning technologies, being also the result of anticipatory education. The analysis shows that the transition to sustainable development starts with forming a strategy implemented in education for sustainable development. The study considers the basics of the modern vision of sustainable development: the environmental component and education model. Moreover, the education model is considered from the perspective of the future as a forwardlooking education. The paper uses methods of analysis of philosophical, psychological, and pedagogical research and synthesis of theoretical ideas on the problem of conceptualization, design, and modeling, which allowed highlighting the main trends of scientific search in the world and domestic theory and practice of advanced education in terms of its sustainable development. The concept of sustainable development is considered from different positions of domestic and foreign researchers. Experience of education for sustainable development implementation both in Russia and other countries of the world shows that so far, sustainable development in education is represented in the environmental sense; therefore modeling of system concept of education for sustainable development and optimal ways of its implementation is actualized.

Ecopedagogía para la formación bioética ambiental en estudiantes de enfermería

Es urgente tomar conciencia para restablecer y proteger el ambiente, debido a la magnitud de la destrucción ambiental a nivel mundial que ha producido el propio ser humano al dejarse llevar por una cultura de consumismo y descarte, sin considerar las consecuencias a futuro para las próximas generaciones. El ambiente es considerado un determinante de la salud, por ello es importante incorporarlo en el estudio de los profesionales de enfermería, siendo pertinente utilizar los principios de la ecopedagogía durante su formación puesto que se enfoca no solo en la educación ambiental, sino que incluye la visión de desarrollo sostenible, es decir cuidar el ambiente y aprovecharlo de manera razonable, para mejorar las condiciones de vida de las personas. Con este ensayo se pretende reflexionar y analizar la importancia de la ecopedagogía para la formación en bioética ambiental de los futuros profesionales de enfermería.

Research of the Genesis in the Formation of the Social Enterprise as An Economic Category, Its Characteristics and Place in the Economic System, Which Defines It as a Successful Form of 'Sustainable Economy' and 'Sustainable Development'

In the economic area there are engines which speed up decision-making processes and create a precondition for solving problems related to the imposition of the concept of and economy. As such an engine is considered to be the enterprise. As an economic category, the social enterprise is increasingly becoming a major carrier of environmental and social security, without violating the economic nature and purpose of production, trade and management processes. Social enterprises with their ability to create environmental, social and economic value can be the driving force for the accelerated implementation of the concept of economy, as part of the overall vision for sustainable development, at micro and macro level. The study reviews the emergence of the concepts of development and analysis of the main characteristics of social enterprise, the reasons for its emergence as an economic category, its place among other economic entities, as well as the sources of funding for social enterprise projects in the context of sustainable development. Empirical research answers the main questions and attempts to scientifically prove the thesis that social enterprises can be the driving force for the accelerated implementation of the concept of economy.

Rendimiento empresarial sostenible para las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas en Colombia

El presente trabajo tiene como finalidad delinear la importancia de las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas en Colombia y describir la importancia del concepto de sostenibilidad en el rendimiento empresarial de las MIPYMES en el país, así como desarrollar los factores y las ventajas del concepto de sostenibilidad y desarrollo sostenible que influyen en la eficiencia empresarial. Se utilizó el método descriptivo documental, recopilando información de tesis, revistas, catálogos, documentos de Internet, realizando una verificación de los documentos actualizados del tema, así como los avances en el estudio del rendimiento empresarial con una visión de desarrollo sostenible. Finalmente se concluyó la importancia que ha tenido incluir el concepto de sostenibilidad en la MIPYMES de Colombia, ya que para su implementación no se ha tenido que hacer grandes inversiones de capital, ni personal; comenzando a dar resultados en el cambio de pensamiento de la población y mejorando los rendimientos empresariales de este tipo de empresas con un nuevo sistema económico sostenible.
 Palabras clave: Rentabilidad; rendimiento empresarial; sostenibilidad; micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (mipymes); medio ambiente; desarrollo sostenible.

Urban sustainability assessment of five Latin American cities by using SDEWES index

Very few cities in the world have a planning process based on a vision of sustainable development, even though 70% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. The Sustainable Development for Energy, Water, and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index is one of the most cited methodologies, consisting of a comparative evaluation to contrast the sustainability levels of cities. The purpose of the study is to develop the best possible sustainable practices for Latin American cities for application through the framework of a solid SWEDES Index database of comparative analysis. Our institution was chosen for this study because of its location in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico. Sole criteria for selection of other similar cities in Latin America was the City Prosperity Initiative (CPI), which threw the following SDEWES ranking: Lima, Peru with 2.87; Esmeraldas, Ecuador with 2.70; Cuernavaca, Mexico with 2.45, Juquitiba, Brazil with 2.20; and Panama, Panama with 1.78. Analysis of results permitted identification of strengths and weaknesses of each city as well as the recognition of best practices and recommendations of the method’s application in subsequent work.

Aprendizajes de política ambiental comparando las leyes nacionales de bosques nativos y glaciares en Argentina

To design effective national policies for action against climate change is one of the great challenges of our time. In federal and decentralized countries, there is an additional complexity: such policies must be accepted, adopted, and implemented by the provinces, which are sovereign over their natural resources. From the comparative study of two key national environmental laws in Argentina, the National Law of Native Forests (LNBN) and the National Law of Glaciers (LNG), we ask: what are the necessary conditions for a national environmental policy to be adopted and implemented by provincial jurisdictions? We argue that the LNBN, unlike the LNG, was adopted and implemented by the provinces because it follows a vision of sustainable development, establishes mechanisms for the distribution of competences between the national and provincial states and proposes concrete incentives that encourage provincial involvement.

You can't manage what you can't measure: The potential for circularity in Grenada's waste management system

Can a small island state be sustainable? Small islands often suffer from a myriad of sustainability challenges owing to their remoteness, size, dependency on imports, and limited waste absorption capacity. Most imports end up as waste accumulation in dumpsites at the end of their life-cycle, representing a one-way material flow. The concept of the “circular economy” (CE) is a promising resource management strategy for island nations to improve solid waste management. In a CE, waste is a resource to be continually circulated within the economy. This study uses material flow accounting (MFA) to quantify waste deposits in Grenada, a tri-island, Caribbean state (population: 110,874). Like many Caribbean islands, Grenada has waste challenges as a result of accumulation of materials in open dumpsites and the persistence of illegal dumping. We estimated that Grenada generated 46,097 tonnes or 1.14 kgs per capita per day of waste in 2017. Leveraging disaggregated trade and waste data, we quantified three problematic waste streams: plastics, tyres, and motor oil and demonstrate an approach for conducting MFA in data-poor environments. Based on the results, Grenada has opportunities to decrease waste production by implementing circularity measures. We recommend improving data collection, implementation of the polluter pays principle, banning substitutable, problematic materials, and developing waste management plans for problematic materials. It is critically important that Grenada transition to a more sustainable waste management system in order to realize the vision of sustainable development. The results of this study make an important contribution to island industrial ecology and sustainable development.

Supporting Policy Design for the Diffusion of Cleaner Technologies: A Spatial Empirical Agent-Based Model

Renewable energy resources and energy-efficient technologies, as well as building retrofitting, are only some of the possible strategies that can achieve more sustainable cities and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Subsidies and incentives are often provided by governments to increase the number of people adopting these sustainable energy efficiency actions. However, actual sales of green products are currently not as high as would be desired. The present paper applies a hybrid agent-based model (ABM) integrated with a Geographic Information System (GIS) to simulate a complex socio-economic-architectural adaptive system to study the temporal diffusion and the willingness of inhabitants to adopt photovoltaic (PV) systems. The San Salvario neighborhood in Turin (Italy) is used as an exemplary case study for testing consumer behavior associated with this technology, integrating social network theories, opinion formation dynamics and an adaptation of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Data/characteristics for both buildings and people are explicitly spatialized with the level of detail at the block scale. Particular attention is given to the comparison of the policy mix for supporting decision-makers and policymakers in the definition of the most efficient strategies for achieving a long-term vision of sustainable development. Both variables and outcomes accuracy of the model are validated with historical real-world data.

Corporate citizenship, stakeholder management and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in financial institutions and capital markets

PurposeThe aim of this theoretical and conceptual research paper is to give a definition of the concept of corporate citizenship, which together with business ethics and stakeholder management function as foundation of a vision of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for financial institutions and capital markets.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on a conceptual methodology which analyzes the main aspects of corporate citizenship with regard stakeholder management and the UN SDGs. In particular there is focus on stakeholder justice, integrity and fairness with regard to stakeholder responsibility at capital markets.FindingsThis paper suggests that concepts of corporate citizenship, business ethics, stakeholder justice, integrity and fairness, as well as stakeholder responsibility must be conceived as the basis for an acceptable vision of sustainable development at capital markets.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper is a theoretical paper so the paper is limited to the presentation of major concepts from the point of view of business ethics, stakeholder management and SDGs. This is a framework that needs to be developed in specific research and investment practice at capital markets.Practical implicationsThis paper provides the basis for developing a good vision of SDGs in financial institutions and capital markets and it demonstrates that the SDGs must be developed as the foundation of ethics of investments and capital markets.Social implicationsWith suggestions of visions of corporate citizenship, business ethics and stakeholder management this paper situates the firm in a social context as a social actor in the context of sustainable development. The business firm is therefore integrated in society and there is a close connection between business and society which needs to be developed in codes and values of ethics of financial institutions capital markets.Originality/valueThe originality and value of this paper is a conceptual formulation of the relation between the concepts of corporate citizenship, business ethics, stakeholder management and SDGs in financial markets. With this the paper refers to earlier research and summarizes concepts from this in a short synthesis.

A Study of the Effect of Social Responsibility on Cost of Capital and Reputation of a Retailing Company

The emerging ideology of social responsibility in past years results in many enterprises actively investing in corporate social responsibility related policies, expecting to promote people’s positive image through the improvement of living environment and the care of the public. Although the practice of corporate social responsibility would not necessarily bring in significant benefits in short period, it, in long period, could achieve the vision of sustainable development and promote corporate reputation through external benefits to acquire more supporters and further enhance the profits, promote the international competitive advantage, and reduce the market opinions of corporate business risk of the company to acquire lower cost of capital. In this study, the owners and senior executives of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's listed in retail industry were investigated. A total of 300 copies of questionnaire are distributed for this study, and 227 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 76%. According to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to induce retailing managers’ new motives and incentives to execute corporate social responsibility related policies and effectively inhibit the increase in cost of capital and the decrease in corporate reputation.

GENDER, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE JOURNEY FROM ‘SILENT SPRING’ TO ‘STAYING ALIVE’

The globally shared vision for sustainable development has a strong gender dimension that highlights the need to continue identifying gender equality and women’s empowerment as a core development goal. Since women have different rights (formal and traditional) over resources and decisions governing them than men do, a gender differentiated approach is required to redress some of the inequities. A woman’s position in the family and community, and her political participation, determine to a large extent her control over environment-related decisions. The roles and contributions of certain women environmentalists - Rachael Carson, Gaura Devi, Wangari Maathai, Vandana Shiva, Medha Patkar and others are discussed in view of environmental stability and sustainability. Considering different global initiatives, taking women’s needs into account and strengthening women’s leadership and participation in environment and sustainability crises is vital. Women can be powerful actors for change in the transition to sustainable energy and their involvement in the design, distribution, management and consumption of resources can go a long way in reaching internationally agreed development goals.

The Effects of Leadership and Reward Policy on Employees' Electricity Saving Behaviors: An Empirical Study in China.

Excessive energy consumption and carbon emission damages the ecological environment and socially sustainable development in China. Organizations are major energy consumers, and should be principally responsible for energy saving. Despite that many organizational leaders know it is urgent to manage the energy saving behavior of employees, “how to effectively manage” receives less attention in both academic and practical fields. To fill this gap, this study adapts charismatic leadership theory to develop a theoretical model and explores how organizational leaders manage the electricity saving behavior of employees. This model was tested with a survey of 627 full-time employees from 14 provinces and municipalities of China. Results show that sustainable development vision, electricity saving cues, inspiration and role modeling significantly increase the electricity saving responsibility of employees, which in turn positively influences their electricity saving behavior. Moreover, organizational reward policy buffers the positive relationship between responsibility and behavior. This study contributes to energy conservation literature by explaining what characteristics of leadership improve the electricity saving behavior of employees and how leader characteristics match with organizational policy to effectively manage this. The practical implications for electricity saving management are also discussed.

Удосконалення організаційно-економічних та фінансових механізмів реалізації державної соціальної та молодіжної політики в контексті підтримки сталого розвитку

The scientific work presents the results of researches on the problems of improvement of organizational, economic and financial mechanisms of realization of the state social and youth policy in the context of support of sustainable development. The scientific vision of sustainable development as a special type of social activity in the context of social and youth policy implementation is presented. The principles of sustainable development are outlined. The author’s position is grounded that for Ukraine the pressing issue of transition of the national economy to the model of sustainable development is to increase the efficiency of formation and implementation of the state social and youth policy. Understands state social policy and state youth policy. The directions of the state youth policy in Ukraine, instruments of formation and realization of the state youth policy are presented. The low social activity of young people in Ukraine is pointed out. According to the conducted research, the solution of the problem of increasing the efficiency of formation and implementation of the state social and youth policy is possible due to the improvement of the appropriate organizational, economic and financial instruments. Improvement of organizational, economic and financial instruments for the implementation of state social and youth policy is possible by increasing the efficiency of the formation and implementation of relevant state target programs. The goals and objectives of the State Target Social Program «Youth of Ukraine» for 2016-2020 are analyzed. Suggestions on the subject and object of economic analysis of the implementation of state social and youth programs have been made. The criteria for the formation of a system of indicators for the economic evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of state social and youth programs are indicated. The features of determining the actual and planned effectiveness of state social and youth programs are shown. Vision on calculation of integrated financing indicator of state social and youth programs is presented. It is substantiated that the state social and youth policy should be oriented towards stimulating the so-called “social investment”. The role of social investment is highlighted. The criterion for the effectiveness of social investment is indicated. The list of directions of realization of social investments is given.

Children Living in Sustainable Built Environments: New Urbanisms, New Citizens by Pia Christensen Sophie Hadfield-Hill John Horton Peter Kraftl (review)

Book Review: Children Living in Sustainable Built Environments: New Urbanisms… 165 Children Living in Sustainable Built Environments: New Urbanisms, New Citizens Pia Christensen, Sophie Hadfield-Hill, John Horton and Peter Kraftl (2018) New York: Routledge, 230 pages $86.71 (hardback); ISBN: 978-1138809390 This book is perhaps one of the first of its type: the authors have undertaken a broad, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the daily life, activities, and inclusion of children (aged 9-16) in sustainable communities. The authorssuccessfully employ mixed-methods research, integrating quantitative methods such as GPS device mapping with qualitative tools such as photographs, observations, interviews, and community-building workshops. The goal for the research is to investigate the multiple ways children’s lives are (and are not) recursively produced in, through, and with the everyday lives of sustainable urbanism. The book draws its primary inference from a study of 250 people, primarily children (part of the research project called New Urbanisms, New Citizens) and youth in four newly built sustainable communities in the United Kingdom. The research resonates with the contemporary approach to childhood studies, in which children are treated as interconnected social actors and, sometimes, participants and co-researchers who have the power to bring change to their community—and through cultural and societal processes, change within themselves as well. The book has a well-defined, three-part structure: investigating experiences of youth and children, implications of their participation in community building, and finding empirical data to facilitate the building of sustainable communities, especially from the perspective of children. In setting the context, there is no reference to the communities in the broader geographic context. This keeps the location of the study area obscured from readers. The theoretical framework of the book emerges out of Prout’s (2005) seminal work that emphasizes the heterogeneity of childhood processes. This, as the authors rightly point out, is in direct contradiction with Piaget’s theory that children’s development is homogeneous based on age. A thorough literature review in the introductory section of the book establishes the authors’ formidable knowledge of the subject. The contemporaneity of the book is revealed through the perspectives of intersectionality and intergenerationality with respect to nonhuman materialities. The authors endeavor to comprehensively present principles and visions of sustainable development from across the globe, including the United Kingdom, North America, and India. This produces a noteworthy cross-fertilization of ideas regarding the context of sustainability and the physical and social dimensions of sustainable communities. The sustainable community under research uses diverse eco-technologies that the authors find are entangled in the daily lives of the users. The authors’ approach of digging deeper into household members’, including children’s, interactions and daily lived experiences with technology seems to be relatively uncommon. The novel Book Review: Children Living in Sustainable Built Environments: New Urbanisms… 166 approach rewarded the authors through findings such as a “taken-for-grantedness” of sustainable technologies among child and adult members of the society; while it is common for the children to be curious about, for example, solar panels, in contrast, the adults easily get frustrated with and even opposed to sustainable technologies. The authors cover only the walkability aspect of children’s mobility. The book can be appreciated for laying out a brief historical background of the concept of shared streets, including examples of Dutch woonerfs and English home zones. The study finds the children to be very mobile but within boundaries, mostly specified by their parents. Contrary to the popular belief that shared streets are commonly used by children for play, the authors argue that children do not prefer shared streets unless those spaces have some kind of enclosure. In analyzing the perception of safety in shared streets, the authors point out that lack of signage in shared streets creates a state of confusion for both motorists and children. While this finding may be novel for sustainable communities of the global north, its veracity is debatable for children living in the cities of the global south where there is limited or no signage except on arterial roads. The study finds significant insights while exploring the roles and experiences of the children as participants in community-making. Interviews with children...

Agenda común sobre desarrollo sostenible en América Latina

El objetivo de este artículo es aportar a la búsqueda de elementos comu- nes hacia una visión colegiada del desarrollo sostenible en América Latina, especialmente en materia medioambiental. Este documento forma parte de una investigación más amplia sobre el papel de las redes transnacionales de organizaciones no gubernamentales que participaron en la construcción de la Agenda 2030, cuyo resultado fue encontrar si existen elementos comunes sobre desarrollo sostenible, particularmente sobre los problemas ambienta- les que afectan la región, y cómo estos se vinculan a la producción industrial y consumo del modelo económico actual. Así, encontrando estos temas co- munes, se pueden encontrar soluciones comunes basadas en los diferentes objetivos de desarrollo sostenible elaborados por la onu en 2015.

New thinking in environmental citizenship

European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) aims to improve understanding and assessment of environmental citizenship in European societies and participating countries. Environmental Citizenship is a key factor in EU's growth strategy (Europe 2020) and its vision for Sustainable Development, Green and Cycle economy and Low-carbon society (EU-roadmap 2050). The Integrated Network of the ENEC Cost Action will diminish the barriers between human, economic, social, political and environmental sciences multiplying the knowledge, expertise, research and insights of different stakeholders (researchers, scholars, teachers, practitioners, policy officials, NGOs, etc.) related in Environmental Citizenship and focusing on education. ENEC is trying to establish a new theory and a framework of the Education for Environmental Citizenship (EEC), for primary and secondary, formal and non-formal education. The different macro- and micro- level dimensions of formal and non-formal education that could lead to Environmental Citizenship will be focused. By developing National, European and International collaborations ENEC will enhance the scientific knowledge and attention to Environmental Citizenship. Expected deliverables include: a) the creation of a web-site, b) a repository database of scientific measures and evidence based interventions that target Environmental Citizenship, c) the facilitation of scientific training schools, short term scientific missions, conferences and d) the dissemination of collaborative working papers, scientific reports, proceedings, academic publications, policy and recommendation papers and an edited book on Environmental Citizenship. The Action will conceptualize and frame the Environmental Citizenship and will develop new research paradigms and metrics for assessing the Environmental Citizenship. Good examples and best educational practices leading to pro-environmental attitudes, behaviour and values will be highlighted and promoted. Policy measures and recommendations will be proposed. The Action will serve as a vehicle to defragment the knowledge and expertise in Environmental Citizenship.

Bridging Worlds: Utilizing a Multi-Stakeholder Framework to Create Extension–Tourism Partnerships

Some counties in the United States are turning to visions of sustainable development in response to increasing environmental problems caused by land use expansion and intensification. Sustainable tourism is one industry capable of fostering this change because of its relationship to all facets of a destination, from transportation and culture to natural resource management. This paper addresses a study that examined what support tourism destinations in Florida need from the Cooperative Extension Service to better utilize natural areas as responsible tourism attractions to benefit the local community, economy, and biodiversity (i.e., ecotourism). A nominal group technique, questionnaires, and interviews with local tourism professionals were used to investigate needs and support for ecotourism development. Results show, when nature-based tourism products are present, growth in ecotourism market supply is desired by tourism providers. Results also indicate that this growth is possible with the help of Extension agents, who would serve as educators on responsible tourism topics and facilitate partnerships between government, businesses, local residents, and visitors. Integrating these results into the (2013) multi-stakeholder framework developed by Waligo et al. for sustainable tourism development, this paper outlines reasoning and process for the Cooperative Extension Service to provide important support for a prevalent natural resource use.

Exploitation of natural materials energy in eastern Indonesia and efforts to fight for the sovereignty of local communities

One form of development activities carried out by humans is the exploitation of natural materials energy. Often the activity of exploiting natural material energy is only oriented to human interests, but ignores aspects of sovereignty (autonomy) of nature and the future of members of the local community of exploitation place. This paper shows field observations and literature reviews on the practice of energy exploitation of natural materials in Eastern Indonesia, which lacks attention to the dimensions of the balance of nature and the interests of local communities. Eastern Indonesia has not prospered because it is still struggling to obtain their sovereignty in the exploitation of natural materials in their own land. Often social conflicts arise due to the exploitation of material energy carried out. This study aims to find the phenomenon of natural exploitation in eastern Indonesia and build awareness to create sovereignty for local communities. The research method uses interpretative analysis and philosophical reflection to get meaning. Research found a theoretical model that is useful for overcoming the problem of exploitation that occurs. Those humans must transform themselves into ecological human beings so that they can bring practical benefits to the good of nature and East Indonesia local people towards the vision of sustainable development.