The paper presents data referring to subjective areas of the quality of life of healthy people living in comfortable external conditions and of those living under chronic stress, of the people suffering from cancer and the homeless. The data is examined in the perspective of sustainable...

Use of the forest is the oldest form of human activity and also occurs if it takes place without the physical presence of man in the woods, becoming destructive action – intentional or unintentional, or creative activity – identifying and implementing specific needs. Use of forest functions...

After a brief reference to the philosophical background of simple living and its basic ideas, we explore how simple living can aid sustainable consumption. We look at general linkages between the two concepts and suggest how simple living can be used to support sustainable development (what...

The subject of these considerations is to show the role of integrated order category in refinement of the new paradigm of development. This paradigm is being introduced as sustainable, durable, self-sustaining, or eco-development. The article is trying to answer two important questions: first...

Industrial ecology (IE) intends to improve industrial processes in a way that the society benefits with as less damage of the environment as possible. As a concept it gives responses to environmental problems in the field of industry and technology and aims to enable management of human activity...

The paper analyses the meaning and implementation of the notion of sustainable development, from the viewpoint of Henryk Skolimowski’s ecophilosophy. The Polish thinker initiated his ecophilosophy 35 years ago, formulating radical criticism of Western civilisation with its dominating forms of...

The article is the result of scientific research carried out by the author during the period 2004-2007. These stud-ies touched on genesis, subject, aim, axiological system, the concept of education and the main problems of the philosophy of sustainable development and the sustainable development...

The article consists of three parts. The first presents the Enlightment’s philosophy of history, presenting human-ity as the principal subject of history. The next describes the concept of civilization pluralism (Toynbee, Hunt-ington) in which humanity does not appear - only great and...

This paper provides consideration on sustainable development in postmodern time, which should conduct shaping of social development as well as development of local and global communities. Ensuring sustainability of development is a multilevel process. In particular, that means that...

Mineral raw materials belong to non-renewable resources. Their content in the Earth’s crust is limited and they undergo regeneration only in specific geologic conditions during hundreds, thousands or even millions of years. The sustainable use of mineral resources depends mostly on their...