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All military organisations need to remain flexible in this fluid global environment, hence the need to remain current in their respective areas of operation. These include materiel which consist of equipment, clothing, weapons, assets and any other items needed to conduct, maintain and support military activities; training, intelligence as well as infrastructural and service support (Department of the Army, 2011). To achieve this, militaries need to have developed institutional capacity coupled with research and development and governance. For example, the TTDF within its cadre of Officers, recruited Health and Safety subject matter experts with requisite technical expertise not only in advise on occupational-related issues but also environmental. …show more content…

A well informed public would not only demand that other citizens practice sustainability, but the public and private sectors as well, as these practices and decisions made affect future generation’s needs (UN Millennium Project, 2005). However, community awareness is dependent on societal culture and education. Environmental education, a term first coined at the UN conference in Stockholm in 1972, was later adopted and acknowledged in Agenda 21 in 1992. It is defined as a “cross curriculum topic promoting awareness, sustainable living and active citizenship” at all levels of society (Talero, 2004). It is imperative that this learning takes place within formal settings such as school and at home and in informal settings such as church, youth groups and community organizations to ensure its comprehensive approach (Smyth, 1995 cited in Talero, 2004). Additionally culture can be defined as a set of beliefs, practices, norms which are unique to a group of people or society. Hence to avoid regression to unsustainable habits, societies must to be embedded with the need to act, think and do environmentally sustainable activities, which is only achieved through culture change (Bertels, et al., 2010). According to Alex Opoku (2015), culture is such a critical element to sustainable development that it may be considered the fourth facet of sustainable development along with economic, social and environmental sustainability. For example in 2006, GORTT agreed to the construction of an aluminium smelter plant in La Brea, citing the economic and employment benefits, however the public viewed that the environmental and human health concerns far outweighed any economic gains which could have been derived. Through mass protest by the citizenry and a fierce legal battle between People

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