ABSTRACT
The beginning of the Anthropocene and unsustainability in general, is commonly traced back to the industrial revolution. The production-to-consumption systems which emerged during the industrial revolution facilitated unprecedented development and, thereby, tremendous ecological devastation, forcing public attention on the need to recognize and cultivate sustainability globally. Over the ages, the economic benefits of development have been optimized by globalization: production-to-consumption systems are spread across nations, resulting in economies of scale and optimal outputs that are globally rationalized. Sustainability is a multi-faceted concept with several dimensions. Early sustainability praxis focused on two dimensions – the ecology and the economy. The production-to-consumption systems which emerged during the industrial revolution facilitated unprecedented development and, thereby, tremendous ecological devastation, forcing public attention on the need to recognize and cultivate sustainability globally. The links between ecological unsustainability and unprecedented industrialization-based economic growth became increasingly obvious amid growing awareness on sustainability all through the 1970s.
