Features An international collection of students' thoughts about sustainable development About the SD Post Submission Guidelines All SD Post Issues What is Sustainable Development? SD Learning Modules SD Quote: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." --The Brundtland Commission report Our Common Future (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987).	Student Beat How Environment Effects Uganda's Sustainable Development P. Sempala, S Sendijja, A. Sekankya, R. Mukiibi, C. Nabbona, G. Ndiwalana, S. Ntege, Mengo Senior Secondary, Uganda Sustainable development can be defined as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. To a very large extent sustainable development has been contributed mainly by the environmental factor. The environmental factor consists of quite a good number of issues And these are Air, Water, Land, Animals and Plants plus minerals and all these can be explained below; Air: This is the mixture of all the gases Air has got so many uses. For example it can be used in Hospitals as a source of Oxygen. This is also another way of how the air has contributed to sustainable development. Air is also very important in That it also plays a role in the growth of plants. This is also a development as these plants do grow the output that is got from them can be used for exchange purposes and therefore this is also a sustainable development as it encourages foreign exchange. Air has some hindrances. For example there is pollution. This is mainly concerned with the Industries. . Continued on Page 2
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