%0 Journal Article %T Tradition, religion and sustainable development in the Romanian cultural area %A Sorea %A D. %J Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Bra£¿ov. Series VII : Social Sciences and Law %D 2011 %I Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House %X Sustainability is not unusual within Western culture. One of the causes accounting for the Romanian people¡¯s compatibility with the behaviours associated with sustainable development is represented by the persistence of the consumer behaviour before 1989 in the Romanians¡¯ memory. Other causes underlying this compatibility are represented by the axiological survival of the cultural tradition and by the Romanians¡¯ affiliation to the Orthodox Church. The concept of ¡°sustainable development¡± connotes either change or recovery in the human relationship with the environment. The main advantage brought forth by this orientation comes from the promoted natural behaviours. %K Tradition %K consumer %K religion %K sustainable development %U http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/BULETIN%20VII%20PDF/04%20sorea%201%20BUT%202011.pdf