Our current approach to sustainable development, meetings the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations (of humans) to meet their own needs, places humanity in a position of pre-eminence. This centering of humans contributes to the problems we witness in the Anthropocene, which is the current period wherein human activity dominates planetary systems. Environmental engineers and scientists need to challenge our own thinking and ask ourselves, should sustainable development be defined using a conceptual framework where the lived experience of being human is separated from the natural world? The profession of nursing provides an intellectual roadmap we may follow as we ask ourselves, “have we ever really been environmental engineers?”

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在我们对可持续发展的讨论中，是时候让人类中心化了吗？

我们当前的可持续发展方法，在不损害后代（人类）满足其自身需求的能力的情况下满足当前的需求，将人类置于卓越的地位。这种以人类为中心的做法导致了我们在人类世看到的问题，这是人类活动主导行星系统的当前时期。环境工程师和科学家需要挑战我们自己的思维并扪心自问，是否应该使用一个概念框架来定义可持续发展，将人类的生活经验与自然世界分开？当我们问自己“我们真的做过环境工程师吗？”时，护理专业为我们提供了一个智力路线图。