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Sustainable Development📖 Reading Text
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It has three main pillars: environmental protection, economic growth, and social equity.
Environmental protection involves preserving natural resources, reducing pollution, and combating climate change. Economic growth means creating jobs and improving living standards. Social equity ensures that everyone has access to basic services and opportunities.
Achieving sustainable development requires cooperation from governments, businesses, and individuals. Small actions, such as recycling, saving energy, and supporting sustainable products, can make a big difference.
Answer the questions
1. What is sustainable development?
2. What are the three pillars of sustainable development?
3. What can individuals do to help?
Sustainable Development — Reading workshop
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Original MathMaroc reading text — not a textbook quotation.
A school gardening club noticed that its plants required more water during hot weeks. Members recorded how much water they used and compared different watering times. They also covered the soil to reduce evaporation. Their first trial did not produce a perfect result, but the records helped them make improvements. The club explained that sustainability means meeting present needs while considering future resources. Saving water worked best when students understood the reason for each action and could check its effects.
Practise and explain your answer
01Why were records useful?
02Give a suitable title and explain it.
03Identify one cause and one consequence in the passage.
04Do you agree with the main lesson of this passage? Give a reason.
MathMaroc · Guided practice
Sustainability: measure before concluding
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A school gardening club noticed that its plants required more water during hot weeks. Members recorded how much water they used and compared different watering times. They also covered the soil to reduce evaporation. Their first trial did not produce a perfect result, but the records helped them make improvements. The club explained that sustainability means meeting present needs while considering future resources. Saving water worked best when students understood the reason for each action and could check its effects.