ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors examine the social dimension of sustainability and focus on several critical revolutionary social issues that face the small planet Harth. They also examine the economic, social, and environmental injustices that exist in today's world, especially those related to population growth, food security, income and wealth inequity, educational inequity, gender inequity, urbanization, and the problems of failing communities and nations. Globalization, capitalism, and global corporations are all tightly linked and inherently grounded on the unlimited economic growth assumption and the ideology of free trade. The authors discuss some ideas for stabilizing population, dealing with poverty, establishing global food security, creating income, gender, and educational equity, building healthy communities and nations, and transforming corporations into global change agents. Governments supporting family planning can have a major impact on slowing population growth and eradicating poverty. Sustainable communities may be found in rural, urban, and suburban areas in both wealthy and poor nations.
