Sustainability

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[edit] Definition of Sustainability

There have been many attempts to define sustainability. Probably the most influential definition comes from the World Commission on Environment and Development held by the United Nations in 1983 which resulted in the Brundtland report in 1987. In this report sustainability is defined as following. Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

[edit] The concept of sustainability

Sustainable living provides that we (humanity) synchronizes our consumption of natural resources with the earths production. In other words using up natural resources at the same rate at which they are produced. For example, given a hypothetical forest of 100 trees is able to produce 10 new trees per year while 2 trees die per year, then it is hypothetically sustainable to harvest 8 trees per year with out effecting the forest for indefinite amount of time.3================D130.101.163.132