"Heal The World"

"Heal The World"

Michael Jackson (《Dangerous》1991)

There's A Place In Your Heart

And I Know That It Is Love

And This Place Could Be

Much Brighter Than Tomorrow

And If You Really Try

You'll Find There's No Need To Cry

In This Place You'll Feel

There's No Hurt Or Sorrow

There Are Ways To Get There

If You Care Enough For The Living

Make A Little Space

Make A Better Place

Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough For The Living

Make A Better Place For You And For Me

If You Want To Know Why

There's A Love That Cannot Lie

Love Is Strong

It Only Cares For Joyful Giving

If We Try We Shall See

In This Bliss We Cannot Feel

Fear Or Dread 

We Stop Existing And Start Living

Then It Feels That Always 

Love's Enough ForUs Growing

So Make A Better World

Make A Better World

Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me 

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough For The Living

Make A Better Place For You And For Me

Michael Jackson is one of my favorite pop stars and his "Heal The World" is one of my favorite songs. This song was released in 1991, in his album "Dangerous". Michael composed and wrote this song himself and according to him, this is the song he was most proud to have created. He also created the "Heal The World Foundation", a charitable organization which was designed to improve the lives of children. Other than the core value - World Peace, delivered in the song, Michael also described a world with sustainable development in future.

When Mr. Ken told us to prepare a blog on Sustainable Development, the first thing appeared in my mind was this song.

Fortunately, we are living in a world with various advanced technologies. We are not worried about war, starvation, lack of living resources. Most of us even have no idea that in some part of the world, people have no access of electricity at all. 

At the same time, people have sacrificed a lot of things to meet our fast-growing demands, such as pollution, distinction of species, and unlimited use of natural resources. Unfortunately, our children will have to pay for what we are doing one or two generations later.

Heal the world, Michael was one of the people who have realized this situation and brave enough to stand out and voice out the message. We should seriously consider healing the world, repairing the damages, and making sustainable development plans to achieve a better tomorrow.

Sustainable Development (SD), is a pattern of resources use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come. It ties together concerns for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social challenges facing humanity. The fields of sustainable development can be broken into three parts: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and sociopolitical sustainability. 

To achieve a sustainable development doesn't mean we'll ignore the needs of the people living under poor conditions. The key is to control and limit the use of resources, by adopting power-saving technologies, replacing conventional energies with renewable energies, and so on.

As we are living in Singapore, we should take a look at the sustainable development status in Singapore and start to think what we could contribute. Because Singapore is a small island country with very few natural resources, the government here have made many policies to ensure sustainable development. 

Sustainable Singapore 

The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development (IMCSD) was set up in January 2008 to formulate a national strategy for Singapore's sustainable development in the context of emerging domestic and global challenges. Ministers involved in IMCSD are Minister for National Development, Minister for Environment and Water Resources, Minister for Finance, Minister for Transport, and the Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry. IMCSD has published the Sustainable Development Blueprint which contains the strategies and initiatives needed for Singapore to achieve both economic growth and a good living environment over the next two decades. 

I have read the outline and highlights of the Blueprint and I feel thankful to Singapore government that they have realized the importance of Sustainable Development and detailed plans have been in place to guide the society. I hope all the governments in the world, if haven't started, could start their own Sustainable Development Blueprint as soon as possible.

This world is colorful, fast-growing, changing on daily basis, but it is also sick, and only us, who have caused the sickness, could heal the world, and make it a better world. 

Do you enjoy Michael's song? Please sing it along with me. Let's heal the world together.