Ineffective consumption in contemporary society raises a number of problems associated with public health and personal safety, human and environmental ecology, while insufficient economical education, ignorance of consumer responsibilities and rights among population is the common present phenomenon. Consequently, consumer education is one of the underlying areas; it is also mentioned as part of consumer policy in the EU Constitution. There is limit knowledge on teacher’s awareness in the field of consumer culture. The present study sought to reveal the attitudes of present and future Lithuanian teachers concerning integration of consumer education topics into the curricula of several compulsory subjects at secondary school. 'I he study population consisted of 996 persons, 281 males and 71 5 females. Among respondents there were 472 secondary school teachers of different specialities (chemistry, biology, geography, technologies, physical culture) and 524 students of I-IV courses of the same specialties, future teachers. Anonymous questionnaire was used. Study results showed that present and future teachers are favourable to integration of consumer’s culture subjects into the comprehensive school curriculum; however they lack knowledge in this field. Both teachers and students accentuated consumer fields related to material values (as the articles of food, their assortment) more than those associated with sustainable development (ecology, recourses, life quality). Attitudes of the respondents were strongly associated with their age and sex, the subject that teachers have at school or study speciality for students. Teachers who have ever attended some consumer culture qualification course valued significance of consumer education at school more positively than others. Most respondents pointed out that at school children have to be intro-duced to the following themes: variety of consumer goods and services, aspects of safety and quality, consumer rights and their protection, but the knowledge associated with advertisement and its manipulations with consumer’s sense seemed to be not so important to them. The findings of the study also showed great interest of present and future teachers in consumer education. Most teachers and two third parts of students would like to extend their knowledge in this field; however, currently possibilities to raise qualification are insufficient.

Straipsnio tikslas apibrėžti etinių darnaus vystymosi dimensijų sąsajas su socialinėmis ir aplinkosauginėmis darnaus vystymosi dimensijomis bei išanalizuoti etinių reguliavimo instrumentų taikymo galimybes, siekiant įgyvendinti socialinius ir aplinkosauginius darnaus vystymosi tikslus. Etiniai reguliavimo instrumentai galėtų lanksčiausiai išspręsti socialines ir aplinkosaugines darnaus vystymosi problemas, todėl straipsnyje didžiausias dėmesys yra sutelktas į šias priemones.

With this goal, it is proposed: Promote public, private and NGO sector in the partnership and to validate solutions of inter-institutional and financial resources; Foster local culture and traditions, to create a safe and friendly neighborhood of the natural environment; Communitywide socioeducation and systemic sociocommunication; systemice development, multifunctional, multicriterian and multisectoral networks; communities to ensure the stability and continuity, independence from politicians and elections; building trust between the community, business, government, planners and designers; encourage multi-public (schools, cultural houses, libraries, etc.) and commercial (commercial, offices, etc.). These asuptions help for buildings welfare and smarth and creative communities. Public infrastructure development and the introduction of the infrastructure charge to ensure that the funds are used, from which comes in charge of infrastructure development and achieved the expected results based on the development and evaluation on the basis of science and knowledge. In urban areas land issues, the right to dispose of public land to municipalities.

Darni plėtra, nuolat esanti ir akcentuojama politinėje dienotvarkėje, vis dar stokoja Lietuvos mokslininkų dėmesio. Straipsnio tikslas – išryškinti socialinio kapitalo dimensiją darnios plėtros kontekste, pristatant globalų švietimą kaip socialinio kapitalo didinimo, o tai reiškia, ir darnios plėtros įgyvendinimo, priemonę. Remiantis teorinių šaltinių analize aptariamos tokios temos kaip darnios plėtros samprata, darnios plėtros dimensijos, darnios plėtros strategijų ir globalaus švietimo sąsajos.

The article discusses analytical aspects of the economic approach to the problem of food security. Food security measurement and indicators are analysed and world food security situation is assessed with reference to theoretical and empirical literature, and principles of environmental economics and sustainable development. The first part of this article discusses food security measurement and indicators, and how they are estimated at the national level. There are five methods that can be used to assess food insecurity: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization method, household expenditure surveys, dietary intake assessment, anthropometry and experience-based food insecurity scales. Food insecurity factors can be grouped in four clusters: 1) the socio-economic and political environment; 2) food economy; 3) care practices; 4) health and sanitation. The second part of this article analyzes the current food security situation in the world. W ith reference to United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization data it can be stated that the increase of hunger in the world is not a result of poor crop harvest, but rather of insufficient investment in agriculture, high local food prices, lower income and higher unemployment do to economic slowdown witch followed on the heals of food price crises. Rising international cereal prices and drop in national crop production have increased food prices in many countries of the world. The biggest increase in food prices were in developing countries. The third part of this article discusses the causes of world food price crisis. Many factors contributed to resent food security situation and food price rise. Long term trends in agricultural production, population growth, economic growth in developing countries, oil prices have slowed food production growth and strengthened demand.[...].

The main idea of the paper is that security of energy supply is the background of evaluation of feasibility and competitiveness of the new nuclear power plant. The research is based on general hypothesis that on the basis of economic evaluation of the risk of interruption of energy supply it is possible to give correct justification of energy development scenario.

The article discusses the economic approach to the problem of food security. Food security concept and its impact on economic growth is analysed theoretically with reference to theoretical and empirical literature, and principles of environmental economics and sustainable development. The first part of this article considers the concept of food security. Now food security is defined as “ensuring that all people at all times have both physical and economic access to the basic food that they need”. This concept was introduced, when it was realized that adequate food availability at the national level did not automatically translate into food security at the household level. A. Sen’s theory on food entitlement, witch was developed to household livelihood approach, had a considerable influence in this change in thinking. Poverty and people’s vulnerability were seen as central to understanding food insecurity. By the mid-1990s food security definition had been broadened to incorporate food safety and nutritional balance. Food security concept involves these dimensions of food security: a) availability of food, b) access to food, c) food utilization, d) stability. First of all, it is necessary that there would be enough food available at the national level. Second, households must also have the necessary resources to acquire that food. Moreover, to achieve nutritional security people need adequate care and a healthy living environment. Finally, they should not risk losing access to food as a consequence of an economic or climatic crisis, or cyclical events. The second part of this article analyzes the impact of nutrition on economic growth. The positive effect of economic growth on nutrition has been amply demonstrated in both the theoretical and empirical literature.[...].

The article discusses the assessment of sustainable development. According to the collected theoretical and practical material, the possibilities of assessment of sustainable development are reviewed from the viewpoint of principles of environmental economics and sustainable development.

Straipsnyje analizuojamos vandens išteklių administravimo problemos bei jų sprendimo būdai. Praktinio atvejo analize siekiama pagrįsti, jog darnus vystymasis įgalina efektyviausiai valdyti vandens išteklių administravimo problemas.

The article evaluates the process of Lithuanian economic development by sustainability aspect. According to the collected theoretical and practical material, the assessment of Lithuanian economy sustainablity from the viewpoint of principles and systems of environmental economics, strategical management and sustainable development are reviewed.