Q.State any three core principles associated with sustainable development.

The Brundtland definition is a broad statement of intent; a few more concrete principles translate it into practical guidance.

Commonly recognised core principles of sustainable development include:

1. Inter-generational equity — fairness between the present generation and future generations, so that one generation's consumption does not come at an unfair cost to those who come after it.
2. Sustainable use of renewable resources — using resources like forests, fisheries and groundwater only within the rate at which nature can naturally regenerate them, so the resource base is not permanently diminished.
3. Keeping waste within absorptive capacity — limiting the release of pollutants and waste to within what the environment (rivers, atmosphere, soil) can naturally absorb or break down, rather than overwhelming that capacity. …

Listing vague slogans ('save the environment', 'go green') instead of the specific, examinable principles — inter-generational equity and the regener …