Fourth Week Inequity

Inequity
That is when different people have different access to similar products or amenities.
There is inequity between people in one city, one district, one country, one region, one continent, one world. Maybe even on lower and higher levels, which are less applicable for this blog.
In other words, different people or less educated, have better or worse houses, have more or less money and also have more or less oppurtunities to improve their present status.
Inequity has a link with sustainability, because sustainibility can be achieved by addressing to extreme disparities. Yes, the 10% most rich of the world have dozens of times more money and in turn produce dozens more waste than the poorest 10%!
The effects of their pollutions are felt worldwide. And still people with less money than the richest 10% strife to be their equals in terms of access to products and/or amenities. Hey, the linear system at work!!
Inequity also poses a danger, because extreme inequity between races, ethnicities, regions or religions almost certainly will lead to civil conflicts. Look at the causes of war : people or discontent because they want more money, land oil etc.
So there is a call to add one more goal to the eight existing MDG's (Millenium Development Goals) : eliminate extreme inequity at the national level in every country. http://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2014/eliminating-extreme-inequality-a-sustainable-development-goal-2015-2030/)

My opinion:
Why eliminate extreme? inequity Because the extremeties are reasons of social upheavel.
Extreme inequity causes tensions because the poor want to live as the rich. And the extremer the gap between rich and poor, the more desperate measures will be taken by the poor to try and close this gap. But for what reason? To have a lifestyle which pollutes the earth?
So, if there is some inequity, but to a lesser extent, people seem to be living with it quite easily.
Less inequity also leads to less competition, and less competition leads to less degrading of natural resources and less damage done to the earth. Because this lesser form of inequity is liveable. And thus, more sustainable.
But how do you measure inequity? When does inequity become extreme? And does less inequity lead to a more sustainable lifestyle, e.g. reduce of ecological footprint? Here comes the use of another equation: the Palma Ratio.