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You can mean so much as a volunteer at the Sustainable World Foundation! Volunteers have been an integral part of our organization for many years. We are proud of the large number of volunteers and realize that even more volunteers are needed to make our planet more sustainable.

Why a sustainable world?

If everyone in the world lived like the average Dutch person, a second globe would be needed. See the Global Footprint. Meanwhile, a large part of the world population lives in poverty. They have just as much right to prosperity as we do. And countries like China, India and Brazil are now developing rapidly. And when we tell them that the earth cannot bear it, they answer: “In the rich countries, look at yourself first. You consume many times more of the earth per person than we do!” The world population is also growing rapidly. Only if we lead by example can our arguments convince.

Living more sustainably therefore means:

• learn to do more with less consumption of raw materials;
• learn to do more with less energy;
• learn to do more with less waste and emissions of harmful substances, such as greenhouse gases;
• reuse (recycling, cycle);
• conservation of nature and ecosystems.

Sustainable development is therefore not only a matter for governments and international organizations but for all of us.