1.Video Lesson

2.Objective

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: –

1. Define conscious citizen

2. Explain about sustainable development

Brain storming questions

• How can education in biology enhance awareness of social, global, and environmental issues, and empower individuals to take responsibility for their actions in creating a sustainable future?
• What are some innovative biotechnological solutions that can effectively balance economic efficiency, social equity, and environmental preservation in the context of sustainable development?

key words

• Conscious citizen: Person who places value on being fully human while connecting with a higher purpose
• Human Connection: This concept emphasizes the importance of valuing human life and relationships with all living things, fostering a sense of unity and respect for all forms of life.
• Higher Purpose: A conscious citizen connects with a higher purpose, which involves seeking meaning beyond oneself and working towards the greater good of society and the environment.
• Ethical Decision Making: The process of making choices that are morally sound and aim to benefit both society and the environment, essential for a conscious citizen.
• Biology’s Role: Biology plays a crucial role in creating conscious citizens by expanding awareness of social, global, and environmental conditions, empowering individuals to assume personal responsibility and engage in actions that have a positive impact.
• Personal Responsibility: The duty of individuals to take ownership of their actions and their impact on the world, crucial for fostering conscious citizenship.
• Biotechnology: A field that has become essential in promoting sustainable development by creating bio-based technologies that use less energy, recycle, reuse parts, and produce fewer waste products.
• Sustainable Development: The concept of meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, often visualized through economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
• Bio-based Technologies: Cutting-edge technologies developed from biological sources that are designed to be more sustainable by using less energy and producing fewer waste products.
• Three Dimensions of Sustainability: According to the World Conservation Union (IUCN, 2006), sustainability encompasses economic, social, and environmental dimensions, represented as pillars, embedded circles, or overlapping circles.
• Sustainable Tourism: A multifaceted concept that integrates social equity, economic efficiency, and environmental preservation to create a balanced and sustainable approach to tourism.
• Social Equity: Focuses on the benefits to the local society, including employment opportunities, improved income, quality of life, public participation, respect for socio-cultural values, and personal development.
• Economic Efficiency: Emphasizes the viability of tourism in the destination area, the viability of companies, and demand satisfaction, ensuring that tourism is economically sustainable.
• Preserving the Environment: Involves conserving biodiversity, using natural resources rationally, ensuring their availability for future generations, and engaging in conservation activities.
• Economy Based on the Local Community: The intersection of social equity and economic efficiency, highlighting the economic benefits to local communities.
• Integration Economy Environment: The intersection of economic efficiency and environmental preservation, focusing on sustainable economic practices that protect natural resources.
• Conservation With Equity: The overlap of social equity and environmental preservation, ensuring that environmental conservation efforts also benefit local communities.
• Model for Sustainable Development: A framework that integrates social equity, economic efficiency, and environmental preservation, aiming for a balanced and sustainable approach to development.

A conscious citizen is one who places value on being fully human while connecting with a higher purpose; one who values human life and the relationship with all living things, and one who takes the responsibility for transforming skills into action through ethical decision making, to ultimately improve life and living on the planet.

Biology has a vital role in creating conscious citizen by expanding awareness of the social, global, and environmental conditions, by empowering people to assume personal responsibility, by engaging in, by being committed to and initiating positive impact. Biotechnology has become vital in working sparingly on the sustainable development and diminution of degradation of nature.

It was accomplished by creating cutting-edge, reasonably priced bio-based technologies that use less energy, recycle, reuse parts, create fewer waste products, and employ tactics to maintain a cleaner planet while increasing productivity. According to the World Conservation Union (IUCN, 2006), the three dimensions of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) are represented either as pillars, embedded circles or three overlapping circle.

Sustainable tourism is a multifaceted concept that integrates three key components: Social Equity, Economic Efficiency, and Preserving the Environment. Social equity focuses on the benefits to the local society, including employment opportunities, improved income, enhanced quality of life, public participation, respect for socio-cultural values, and personal development. Economic efficiency emphasizes the viability of tourism in the destination area, the viability of companies, and demand satisfaction. Preserving the environment entails preserving biodiversity, the rational use of natural resources, conserving these resources for future generations, and engaging in conservation activities within the zone.

The diagram also highlights the overlap areas where these components intersect. The “Economy Based on the Local Community” is where social equity and economic efficiency meet, emphasizing the economic benefits to local communities. “Integration Economy Environment” represents the intersection of economic efficiency and preserving the environment, focusing on sustainable economic practices that protect natural resources. “Conservation With Equity” is the overlap of social equity and preserving the environment, ensuring that environmental conservation efforts also benefit local communities.