is impregnated with the idea of a dichotomy between developed and underdeveloped
countries, ignoring the existence of islands of poverty
in the
wealthy nations and islands of wealth
in poor ones, and also implying that the so called developed
countries, with heir unsustainable patterns of
consumerism, were a model to be followed.
The concept of sustainable development is being criticized,
in Brazil and
in other Latin American
countries, since the word development is impregnated with the idea of a dichotomy between developed and underdeveloped
countries, ignoring the existence of islands of poverty
in the
wealthy nations and islands of wealth
in poor ones, and also implying that the so called developed
countries, with heir unsustainable patterns of
consumerism, were a model to be followed.