Sustainability

Maropeng tells us the story of how humankind first arose in the African cradle by adapting to the natural elements and later learning how to harness them to support our growing populations.

Today, we have developed such control over our environment, through agriculture and industry, that a new story is emerging, one that involves the future of our planet and ourselves. The food we eat, the appliances we use, the vehicles we travel in, the clothes we wear and so many other everyday aspects of our lives, depend on us utilising the Earth’s natural resources.

The Earth has a limited capacity to produce the raw materials needed to sustain our lifestyles.

But sustainability is not only about humans’ impact on the environment, it’s also about how we treat one another as a species.

• Maropeng exhibition
  • The Tumulus building
  • Maropeng exhibition highlights
  • Exhibition guide
    • Beginning of the world
    • Pathway to humanity
    • What makes us human
    • Sustainability
      • The Gaia Principle
      • How the global environment has changed over time
      • The global appetite
      • Human mobility and urbanisation
      • Human impact on the environment
      • Education and sustainability
      • Alternative energy sources
      • Poverty and wealth
      • Your ecological footprint
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