Sustainability Concepts - News, Trends, Sustainability Concepts Links
Optimizing for a single outcome might be a bad sustainability idea
One common mistake in the world of business and sustainability is to optimize for a single outcome?sell more organic cotton, say, or wild-caught fish, or fair trade tea?without understanding the overall impact of products on water, energy, soil, land use, even poverty alleviation. Favoring organics might, for example, limit the development of genetically modified foods that require less water and fewer fertilizers. - Read More
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Model Principles for Sustainable Communities
An excellent set of principles that defines a sustainable community - Read More
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Aspects of Sustainability
* Building Partnerships, Civic Engagement, Justice & Equity, Culture * Agriculture & Food, Fisheries, Forestry & Wood, Manufacturing & Industry, Small Business, Technology, Urban/Rural Ties * Water, Energy, Air & Climate, Biodiversity, Land, Forests & Ecosystems * Policies, Ordinances & Taxes, Public Services, Waste & Toxics Management, Public/Private Partnerships, Community/Regional/Federal Relations * Education & Training, Health & Nutrition, Responsible Consumption, Healthy Homes - Read More
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'Sustainability' Not a Household Word
Results from a January study by The Hartman Group mean bad news for tree-huggers. According to the report, "sustainability" is not a household word. To make matters worse, consumers don't really even know what it means. - Read More
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Sustainability - more examples and aspects
Sewage treatment, rainwater harvesting, energy efficiency, landfills, urban management, pollution control
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Sustainability - more examples and aspects
Smog, life cycle analysis, acid rain, water cycle, ocean acidification, deforestation, ground water contamination social change, population migration, western lifestyles, conservation, habitat conservation
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Some aspects of sustainability
wetlands, prairies and forests; ecovillages, eco-municipalities, sustainable cities; sustainable agriculture, sustainable architecture and renewable energy. Atmospherel; oceans; biological invasions; extinctions; energy; water; chemicals; food; waste; population; migration; urbanization; globalization; government; green revolution; pesticides; consumerism; waste; recycling, population; green design; industrial ecology; dematerialization; ecosteading
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