The words "Sustainable"and "Development"reflect two somewhat opposing processes: to sustain means to keep or maintain the present situation while development requires change. In the context of a rural community in a third world or "developing"country such as Ethiopia, for that community to sustain itself it must have sufficient resources, particularly food and access to water as well as fuel wood to support the work and health of its members from one rain fed growing season to the next as well as a reserve for "bad times" Such a sustainable community has a subsistence economy that is internally and locally dependent on its own resources, knowledge and technologies, but does not contribute much to the overall development of its country To Read More
