Thursday, 25 March 2010

What is meant by the term “sustainability”?

What is meant by the term “sustainability”?

Types of Sustainability

There are two commonsense propositions that would probably command general support, before categorizing the different types of sustainability:

1. A sustainable system or process must be based on resources that will not be exhausted over a reasonable period (sometimes expressed as the 'long term')

2. A sustainable system or process must not generate unacceptable pollution externally or internally

Quote from: http://www.ecifm.rdg.ac.uk/definitions.htm

In my opinion this sums up what Sustainability is all about. It is about using something that will last “long-term.” The growing concern for Sustainability is adapting to the present without endangering the future generations.

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