SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY RESOURCES
MICRO-SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABILITY LINKS
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SECTION 1
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In
ecology, the word describes how biological
systems remain diverse and productive over time.
Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are
examples of sustainable biological systems. For
humans, sustainability is the potential for
long-term maintenance of well being, which has
environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
Healthy ecosystems and environments provide vital
goods and services to humans and other organisms.
There are two major ways of reducing negative
human impact and enhancing ecosystem services.
The first is environmental management; this
approach is based largely on information gained
from earth science, environmental science, and
conservation biology.
The second approach is management of human
consumption of resources, which is based
largely on information gained from economics.
Sustainability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability
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SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability is “development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their
own needs.” A practice cannot be said to be
'sustainable for X years/generations.' The use
of any span of time disqualifies the activity.
Sustainability is for perpetuity.
Sustainability also means greater efficiency in
resource use, ultimately giving benefits to
economic growth and overcoming poverty, as well
as health and quality of life.
Portal:Sustainability
http://www.appropedia.org/Portal:Sustainability
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SECTION 2
SUSTAINABILITY
RESOURCES
Portal:Construction and materials
http://www.appropedia.org/Portal:Construction_and_materials
Portal:Energy
http://www.appropedia.org/Portal:Energy
Portal:Food and Agriculture
http://www.appropedia.org/Portal:Food_and_Agriculture
Portal:Transport
http://www.appropedia.org/Portal:Transport
Portal:Water
http://www.appropedia.org/Portal:Water
Appropedia
http://www.appropedia.org/
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SECTION 3
MICRO
SUSTAINABILITY
MICO-SUSTAINABILITY
Micro-sustainability focuses on the small
environmental actions that when calculated
collectively result in a large environmental
impact.
Micro-sustainability centers on individual
efforts, behavior modification and creating
attitudinal changes, which result in an
environmentally conscious individual or
community.
Micro-sustainability encourages sustainable
changes through change agents, which are
individuals that are encouraged; and therefore,
foster positive environmental action inside
their own sphere of influence.
Examples of
micro-sustainability
include;
recycling,
turning off lights
when not in use,
programming thermostats
for efficient use of
energy,
reducing water usage
through conservation,
changing driving habits
or patterns in order to
use less gasoline,
modifying buying habits
or behaviors in order to
reduce waste and
consumption.
Advocates talk about taking on the small
stuff involving individual, rather than
organizational practices. These narrow,
small ticket, community level actions
have immediate local benefits.
If widely imitated, they will have a
cumulative, broader impact.
Micro-Sustainability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-Sustainability
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SECTION 4
SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern
of resource use that aims to meet human
needs while preserving the environment so
that these needs can be met not only in
the present, but also for generations to
come.
Sustainable development as development that
"meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs."
Sustainable development ties together concern
for the carrying capacity of natural systems
with the social challenges facing humanity.
As early as the 1970s "sustainability" was
employed to describe an economy "in
equilibrium with basic ecological support
systems." Ecologists have pointed to The
Limits to Growth, and presented the
alternative of a "steady state economy"
in order to address environmental concerns.
Sustainable_development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
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SECTION 5
SUSTAINABILITY
LINKS
5th World Network for Sustainable Development
http://www.5thworld.net/
Attainable Sustainable
http://www.attainable-sustainable.net
Best Practices in Sustainable Development
http://www.bestpractices.org/
Bicycle Fixation
http://www.living-room.org/
CARBONMANNA
http://www.carbonmanna.org/
Center for Ecoliteracy
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/
The Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge/
Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development CII - ITC
http://www.sustainabledevelopment.in/
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/
Citizens Network for Sustainable Development
http://www.citnet.org/
Community Action Network
http://www.caction.org/
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Context Institute
http://www.context.org/ICLIB/DEFS/hsc.htm
Die Hard Survivor
http://www.diehardsurvivor.com/
DIY Bullseye
http://www.diybullseye.com/
Ecocomposite
http://www.ecocomposite.org/
The E.F Schumacher Society and Library
http://www.schumachersociety.org/
Elements of sustainability
http://www.stanford.edu/group/microdocs/elements.html
Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
http://www.erb.umich.edu
European Partners for the Environment (EPE)
http://www.epe.be/
European Sustainable Development Network - ESDN
http://www.sd-network.eu/
Favorite Destinations of Liberty Graphics
http://www.lgtees.com/dest.html
The Garden Helper
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/
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Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada GPI Atlantic
http://www.gpiatlantic.org/
Global Environment and Technology Foundation
http://www.getf.org/
Globe Awards-the Leading Sustainability Awards
http://www.globeaward.org/
Green Alliance
http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/
Green Biz Japan
http://www.greenbizjapan.com
Greening Australia
http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/
Holistic Living Tips
http://holisticlivingtips.com/
Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR)
http://www.ilsr.org/
Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.isr.qut.edu.au/
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
http://www.iisd.org/
The Knossus Project
http://www.geniusloci.com/
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A Little More Freedom
http://www.alittlemorefreedom.com/
Novatlantis: ETH
http://www.novatlantis.ch
Pee Dee Resource Conservation and Development Center
http://www.peedeercd.org
Regenerative Magazine
https://www.regenerative.com/
Regional Information Service Centre for Southeast Asia on Appropriate Technology
http://www.ist.cmu.ac.th/riseat/index.php
Roadmap for a Sustainable Earth
http://www.springerlink.com/content/n1x671/?p=f493b0b03f4d4cc39facd89eecfea21e&pi=1
Second Nature: Education for Sustainability
http://www.secondnature.org/
Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
http://www.stakeholderforum.org
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
http://www.sei.se/
Sustainability - US EPA
http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/
Sustainability Institute
http://www.sustainer.org/
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Sustainability Web Ring
http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=sustainability
Sustainable Architecture Building and Culture
http://www.sustainableabc.com/
Sustainable Baby Steps
http://www.sustainablebabysteps.com/
Sustainable Development
http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
Sustainable Development Department
http://www.iadb.org/sds
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
http://www.wcl.american.edu/org/sustainabledevelopment
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan
http://www.sdpi.org
The Sustainable Development Research Program of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=86&sez=Research&padre=18&sub=70
Sustainable Development Sources
http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
Sustainable Enterprises
http://www.sustainableenterprises.com/
Sustainable Human
http://sustainablehuman.me/
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Sustainable Systems
http://www.sustainablesystems.co.nz/
Sustain Magazine
http://www.sustainmagazine.com/
Tools of Change
http://www.toolsofchange.com/
Towards Sustainability
http://www.towards-sustainability.co.uk/
U.K. Sustainable Development Commission
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
http://www.wbcsd.org/
World Creative Youth Forum (WCYF)
http://www.worldcreativeyouthforum.net
WWW Encyclopedia of Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.org/ic/
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Smart Power 4 All
http://www.smartpower4all.org/
Weird Nature
https://www.ranker.com/tags/weird-nature?ref=mainnav
The Plant Encyclopedia
http://theplantencyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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