Developing our planetary plan with an 18th United Nations sustainable development goal : space environment

dc.contributor.authorLosch, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-20T05:15:03Z
dc.date.available2020-11-20T05:15:03Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.description.abstract‘Planetary sustainability’, as developed in this article, is a transitory term, marking the conceptional change from perceiving the Earth as a globe to recognising it rather as a planet. Although the traditional Brundtland sustainability definition comprises ecological, economic and social dimensions to perpetuate the fulfilment of humankind’s needs for the next generations, the planetary aspect of sustainability leads to the acknowledgement that there will be an end to human civilisation if humankind does not move into space sooner or later. Concerning space mining, this move might happen in our age. Given this fact, and the contemporary situation concerning space debris, ‘ethics of planetary sustainability’ as well asspace environment ethics are needed. It would also make sense to add an 18th Sustainable Development Goal called ‘Space Environment’ to the current 17 Global Goals, as a sort of a political demand to complete what then could better be called the ‘Planetary Plan’. CONTRIBUTION: The increasing economic use of outer space makes it necessary to include this domain in the sustainability discussion. The article calls for an 18th United Nations Sustainable Development Goal “Space Environment”, providing theological and philosophical reasoning for the need of an ethics of planetary sustainability.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentChurch History and Church Policyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2020en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipCogito Foundation and Crowd funding.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLosch, A., 2020, ‘Developing our Planetary Plan with an 18th United Nations Sustainable Development Goal: Space Environment’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 76(1), a5951. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5951.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.issn10.4102/hts.v76i1.5951
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/77114
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2020. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectPlanetaryen_ZA
dc.subjectSpaceen_ZA
dc.subjectEarthen_ZA
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_ZA
dc.subjectHeavensen_ZA
dc.subjectEcologyen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable development goals (SDGs)en_ZA
dc.titleDeveloping our planetary plan with an 18th United Nations sustainable development goal : space environmenten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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