Sustainability - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word sustainability is derived from the Latin sustinere (tenere, to hold; sus, up). Dictionaries provide more than ten meanings for sustain, the main ones being to “maintain ...
Sustainable development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An environmentally ideal plant that is shut down due to bankruptcy is obviously less sustainable than one that is maintainable by the community, even if it is somewhat less ...
SHIFTid | Sustainability: More Than Green
Sustain: supply with sustenance, nourish. Sustainable: of, relating to, or being a method of… using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.
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The intersection of sustainable design and historic preservation would seem a natural alliance. Older and historic buildings comprise more than half of the existing buildings in ...
Sustainable travel is more than ecological - JSOnline
The sustainable-travel movement urges travelers to take responsible values with them when they leave home, whether their destination is across the state or around the globe.
Sustainable Steel: The EnviroMetal
Since the early 1970's, the North American steel industry has invested over $60 billion in becoming a more sustainable industry. In a typical year, more than 15 ...
Reaching, not Stretching » Books more sustainable than serials for ...
Books more sustainable than serials for undergraduate libraries? Interesting article in the new College & Research Libraries (Nov. 2008) argues that focusing an undergraduate ...
Conkling Fiskum & McCormick : Better Sustainable Than Green BY Doug ...
Better Sustainable Than Green BY Doug Babb on 05-11-2009 Conkling Fiskum and McCormick, CFM is a leading public affairs, strategic communications and research firm based in ...
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Sustainable and socially responsible investing (SRI) is growing much faster than traditional investing. Sustainability is this and more. It means changing our society and our ...
Sustainability - PermaWiki
Seen in this way, the concept of sustainability is much more than environmental protection in another guise. It is a positive concept that has as much to do with achieving well ...
Are Biofuels More Sustainable than Fossil Fuels? Sustainability
Are Biofuels More Sustainable than Fossil Fuels? Sustainability What Does Sustainability Mean? In this session you will define sustainability and try to determine whether biofuels ...
Sustainable Harvest International
Planted more than 2.6 million trees; Converted more than 12,000 acres to sustainable and diversified land use; Worked with 1,769 families in 151 communities