ABSTRACT
The battle cry for sustainable development is persistent in all circles, gaining acceptance, worldwide, as the guiding rationale for activities or processes in the sciencetechnology-environment-economy-society interfaces targeting improvement and growth. Such activities are expected to result in higher standards of living, leading eventually to a better quality of life for our increasingly technology-dependentmodern society. Models of sustainable development and exemplary systems of sustainable management are continually being developed and/or adapted and creatively applied, taking into consideration human needs versus wants on the one hand, and longversus short-term benefits and tradeoffs on the other.
