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==Overview==
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[[Category:Concepts]][[Sustainability]] refers to the idea of (human) business and personal/cultural practices which can be continued (sustained) indefinitely without causing irreversible damage to the environment and without using up resources which cannot be replaced in the forseeable future.
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==About==
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[[Sustainability]] refers to the idea of (human) business and personal/cultural practices which can be continued (sustained) indefinitely without causing irreversible damage to the environment and without using up resources which cannot be replaced in the forseeable future.
 
==Related Articles==
 
==Related Articles==
 
* If humans are at all responsible for [[global warming]] (a point currently under debate), then by definition global warming is a [[sustainability]] issue.
 
* If humans are at all responsible for [[global warming]] (a point currently under debate), then by definition global warming is a [[sustainability]] issue.
 
* [[Oil dependence]] is a [[sustainability]] issue due to human inability to synthesize oil products (mainly fuels) at a sufficient rate to sustain current usage.
 
* [[Oil dependence]] is a [[sustainability]] issue due to human inability to synthesize oil products (mainly fuels) at a sufficient rate to sustain current usage.
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* There is a popular myth that [[there are no sustainable energy sources]].
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* [[sustainable energy]]: there should be a page for this, and much of this page's content should go there. Sustainability is also about farming practices and other things not directly related to energy.
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
===Reference===
 
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* <s>{{sourcewatch}}</s> no article as of 2008-02-05
 
* <s>{{sourcewatch}}</s> no article as of 2008-02-05
 
===Projects===
 
===Projects===
* {{appropedia|Welcome to Appropedia}}: sustainability wiki
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* [[Appropedia]]: sustainability wiki
 
* [http://www.repoweramerica.org/ Repower America]: political movement to achieve "100% clean energy within 10 years"; [[Al Gore]] seems to be involved
 
* [http://www.repoweramerica.org/ Repower America]: political movement to achieve "100% clean energy within 10 years"; [[Al Gore]] seems to be involved
 
* [http://sca21.wikia.com/ Sustainable Community Action] wiki
 
* [http://sca21.wikia.com/ Sustainable Community Action] wiki
 
===News===
 
===News===
 
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Revision as of 22:43, 3 May 2014

About

Sustainability refers to the idea of (human) business and personal/cultural practices which can be continued (sustained) indefinitely without causing irreversible damage to the environment and without using up resources which cannot be replaced in the forseeable future.

Related Articles

  • If humans are at all responsible for global warming (a point currently under debate), then by definition global warming is a sustainability issue.
  • Oil dependence is a sustainability issue due to human inability to synthesize oil products (mainly fuels) at a sufficient rate to sustain current usage.
  • There is a popular myth that there are no sustainable energy sources.
  • sustainable energy: there should be a page for this, and much of this page's content should go there. Sustainability is also about farming practices and other things not directly related to energy.

Links

Reference

Projects

News

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