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So many theories are expressed about the
concept of Sustainable Development that, honestly, even those
involved in the field are disorientated; imagine then those
who do not perfectly understand this concept.
Since the
principle of the Sustainable Development was declared for the
first time in 1987*, revised and corrected versions of the
basic concept have followed.
Sustainable Development is
fundamentally the search for a sense of things; of a sense in
the logic of the universe (and therefore of our planet); it is
the attempt to find that existential model that leads man
towards the rules on which the universe is based.
If
certain and inviolable rules did not exist, it would have no
sense to speak of Sustainable Development because we would
pursue useless theorems.
Since the birth of Science, when
we delve in the things that it has brought to light, we
realize that our World is the result of an incredibly complex
and perfect Project. Without entering here into disputes
between Science and Religion, which I leave to the discretion
of the reader, it is undeniable that everything moves
according to inviolable principles.
The fact that we are
not clear on some things is because we have not discovered
their mechanism yet, but once again Science teaches us that
sooner or later that mechanism will be brought to light.
We can say that matter has encrypted itself from us as if it
enjoyed being discovered and examined (Bissanti G. (2003) –
Dalla materia al Padre - Mario Grispo Editore - Palermo.).
Therefore, in order to be able to continue understanding the
Concept of Sustainable Development, we must set the first
basis, which has some obvious philosophical repercussions: The
World is structured on certain rules and can not be
manipulated. This consideration must lead us therefore to an
approach with Sustainable Development which is no longer
scientific and technical but first and foremost philosophical.
Having overcome this deep sense of disorientation that man
has towards the universe today, it is necessary to understand
that every human construction can be made only inside a model
of rules which are synchronous to those of the Great Model:
the model of the World.
The more we create ideas, science,
technology and policies which are synchronous to this model,
the more we create a humanity which is close to the Great
Model. This means diminishing the impact that the Social
System provokes on the ecosystem, with all those environmental
issues and emergencies that we know and debate today.
This
is, however, a historical and epochal path; it requires time
and was born when man believed himself capable of creating a
Life model of his own; detached from the concerns of the
universe; based upon a small and limited reason (the
Enlightenment). The Reason of the Great Model is instead Great
and unlimited.
As much today as in the past, presumption
is the greatest enemy of Sustainable Development. Together
with a serpentine Nihilism (even if undeclared), it produces
an evident greater social disorientation.
In order to
overcome this moment, there must be a second Renaissance based
on the finding and diffusing of a Culture that makes it clear
that nothing is left to chance.
To this regard, A.
Einstein said: "God does not play dice with the world."
It
is necessary to adopt a new scholastic path based on a
teaching that refers to the notion on the whole and it is
opportune to reinvest in the greatest wealth that man can
possess: Knowledge.
Without knowledge, a society dies and
it is placed in the hands of those great speculators of
history who periodically appear on the horizon of the World in
the vain attempt to pull it towards them.
Here again
history teaches us that the world proceeds, evolves, because
it goes towards Knowledge, because every detail discovered in
its direction is a patrimony of Liberty. Guido Bissanti
* The first
definition in temporal order was the one contained in the
Brundtland Report (from the name of the president of the
Committee, the Norwegian Gro Harlem Brundtland) in 1987. It
was then taken up by the U.N World Commission on environment
and development. (WCED)
“Sustainable development is a
development that satisfies the needs of the present without
jeopardizing the possibility of future generations to satisfy
their own needs”
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