Bangladesh

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Bangladesh Sink or Swim?
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At a glance Population (2004) 140 m Pop. Growth
rate (avg. 98-04) 1.7 Rural Pop 74 Area
147,570 sq km. Population/sq.km 1024 Rivers
700 rivers over 24,000 km in length
Source www.worldbank.org.bd
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Environmental (un)sustainability

• Effects of climate change
• Sea level rise will engulf 11 of land
• Affecting 600,000 people in coastal areas
• Increased soil salinity
• Drought in the northwest during the dry season
• Frequent flooding
• River erosion
• Storm surges and tornadoes

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Life along the river
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Bangladesh Ecological Footprint 0.05 hectares
Western European Ecological Footprint 5.0
hectares.
USA Ecological Footprint 9.57 hectares
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The Institute for Sustainable Development
Learning for a Livable Future

• ULAB believes that educational institutions have
  an obligation to imbue the next generation of
  leaders with the skills and ethics necessary to
  incorporate socially and environmentally
  responsible practices into all levels of the
  public and the private sectors.
• The ISD is an interdisciplinary research,
  teaching, and consulting institute focused on
  creating development, design, and business models
  that increase economic productivity through
  social and environmental justice.

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Bangladeshand Development

• The future of environmental and social progress
  in an increasingly liberalized, corporatized, and
  globalized Bangladesh will be determined by the
  ability of individuals and institutions to
  integrate the true value of human, natural,
  social, and monetary capital into a single
  progressive paradigm.

• NGOs and related hybrids already operate in
  nearly every sphere of civil and corporate
  society. Yet, Bangladesh has no focused vehicle
  for the promotion of sustainable practices.