Sustainability may be a desirable objective.................but what is it and how does it influence decisions?
There have been well accepted definitions including the more commonly used one by Bruntland.
see more here...............
http://gmopundit.blogspot.com/2010/07/scientific-alliance-ponders.html#more
BUT there is a lot of conjecture, still..............and we cannot predict the future.
This article does ruminate over that issue and offers a few more thoughts. Worth reading, and it is short.
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. For humans it is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which in turn depends on the well being of the natural world and the responsible use of natural resources.
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