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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. | |
==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. | ||
Revision as of 22:25, 11 November 2009
Overview
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.
Links
Reference
- HTYP
- Wikipedia
Conservapediano article as of 2008-02-05, though some mention in environmentalist
dKosopediano article as of 2008-02-05SourceWatchno article as of 2008-02-05
Projects
- Appropedia: sustainability wiki
- Repower America: political movement to achieve "100% clean energy within 10 years"; Al Gore seems to be involved
- Sustainable Community Action wiki
News
Related
- 2011/07/15 [L..T] headline::A research revolution to save the planet