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“

Sustainability

transcends
being a mere

idealistic notion;
it is a fundamental

prerequisite for our
survival and the

survival of future
generations.

to this educational landscape. While that sustainability transcends being
it has increased the accessibility of a mere idealistic notion; it is a funda-
information, it has also given rise to mental prerequisite for our survival
oversimplification and politicization and the survival of future generations.
of the topic. Renowned architectural Reassessing our values, acquiring
theorist and urbanist, Rem Koolhaas, knowledge, and fostering collabora-
laments the current state of sustain- tion is imperative in finding practical
ability, perceiving it as an ornament solutions that address the intercon-
overshadowed by political agendas. nectedness of social, economic, and

To truly progress, we must strive for a environmental sustainability. Only
deeper and more nuanced understand- through such efforts can we envision
ing of sustainability, free from political a long-term coexistence on this planet
bias. and create a future that is sustain-
As we contemplate the challenges able and worth passing on to future
we confront, it becomes apparent generations.