Sustainability Today
The most common definition of sustainability is:
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Rather than a piecemeal approach, dealing with the economy, the environment, and the society as separate entities, “what we need is a view of the community that takes into account the links between the economy, the environment and the society. The figure below is frequently used to show the connections:
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A view of community that shows the links among its three parts: the economic part, the social part and the environmental part.”* |
*See the website http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/Sustainability/index.html for more information on how sustainability and communities are tied.
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