Sustainability (1.3) Flashcards
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is a measure of the extent to which practices allow for the long-term viability of a system. It is generally used to refer to the responsible maintenance of socio-ecological systems that there is no dimishment of conditions for future generations.
What are the three pillars of sustainability?
- Environmental
- Social
- Economic
What is environmental sustainability?
Environmental sustainability is the use and management of natural resources that allows the replacement of the resources, and recovery and regeneration of ecosystems.
What is social sustainability?
Social sustainability focuses on creating the structure and systems such as health, education, community, that support human well-being.
What is economic sustainability?
Economic sustainability focuses on limiting the damage to the environment caused by economic activity of the current generation, such as the resource depletion or degradation that will negatively affect the future generation.
What is gross domestic product (GDP)?
GDP is a measure of national output GDP is the total money value of all final goods and services produced in an economy over a given period, usually one year.
What is Green GDP?
Green GDP is an index of economic growth with the environmental consequences of that growth factored into a country’s conventional GDP. Green GDP monetises the loss of biodiversity, and accounts for costs caused by climate change.
What is environmental justice?
It is the right of all people to live in apollution free environment, and to have equitable access to natural resources regardless of issues such as race, gender, socio-economic status, and nationality.
What are the SDGs? (not a list)
The SDGs are the sustainable development goals which are a set of social goals to impact the world.
What is a sustainability indicator?
A quantitive measure to describe & measure components of the environment.
What is an ecological footprint?
It is a model of area of land/water to sustainably provide resources at rate of consumption and assimilation of wastes at rate of production by humans.
What is biocapacity?
It is the capacity of given biological productive area to generate ongoing supply of renewable resources and absorb resulting waste.
What is the doughnut economics model made out of? (3)
It is a model that includes an…:
Outer ring which is the ecological ceiling based on planetary boundaries science
Inner boundary which is the social foundation based on the social SDGs
Middle hole where people are falling short of life’s essentials.
What is a regenerative economy?
It is an economy that works with and within the cycles and limits of the living world
What is distributive economy?
Shares value and opportunity far more equitably among all stake holders.
