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The term sustainable development stands for a new age in human cultural development, following the industrial and post-industrial eras. Emblematic of such development is “sustainability,” a sociocultural movement toward a new lifestyle paradigm that is based on three fundamental principles: respect for natural systems, the promise of a humane living base for all humans, and the development of a circular flow economy to support material life. Thus, Sustainability is not a new discipline or academic field of study. Rather, it is a future-oriented principle, one that involves all human actors in any field of activity at any place on our earth.
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Baud, R. (2013). Education and Outreach: Introduction. In: Kauffman, J., Lee, KM. (eds) Handbook of Sustainable Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8939-8_123
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