Environmental degradation and climate change are major global challenges that
require thorough exploration. Environmental preservation and conservation have
become a contemporary common concern. Sustainable development calls for the design
and implementation of different kinds of measures to ensure a greener future. The term
sustainable development has been widely discussed, critiqued, praised and
problematized by many scholars from a broad variety of academic subjects. It is
important to explore and to further our understanding of how “real” sustainable
development can be attained. By real, we mean to advance beyond merely stating the goals of sustainable development. The actual processes need to be understood and
explained in order for sustainable development to become more than a “buzz word”.