Sustainability

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the idea that our current way of life continues indefinitely and that we will have to find a different way of life

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Sustainability

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Sustainability is not

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sustainable development

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our common future

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sustainable development

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accounts for social, economic and environmental concerns

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sustainable development

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development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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sustainable development

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is vague and overused and, ignores politics of the environement

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Sustainable development

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replacements, new technology, pricing to overcome depletion

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weak sustainability

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must retain same natural capacity inventory for next generation

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strong sustainability

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2 problems with weak sustainability

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1. nuclear (carbon emissions)

2. hybrid vehicles

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prediction that increased efficiency would lead to more users and more coal consumption

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Jevons Principle

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measuring sustainability is

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complex and context specific

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incremental activities, initiatives, policies combine over time to

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move us towards sustainability

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think of sustainable development as a continuum

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we may never achieve sustainability but can move towards it

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achieving S.D

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1. set goals
2. identify indicators
3. set targets for these indicators

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sets of interrelated parts linked together to form a unified whole

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systems

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useful to describe a wide range oh phenomena and offer a simplified description of a complex reality

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systems

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the study of relationships between organisms and their environments

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ecology

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an ecological system made of a set of independent organisms, and their physical, chemical, and biological environment

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ecosystems

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resource that does not renew itself (carbon-based fuels, oil, gas, coal)

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non-renewable energy

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a resource that renews itself, replaced naturally, used repeatedly (solar energy, wind power)

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renewable resources

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biggest technological challenge of the early 20th century

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to decrease our reliance on non-renewable fossil fuels and findmore renewable sources