Sustainability

Sustainability is the ability to meet our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Anything humans get or use from nature to meet our needs or wants.

Biotic factors are living organisms in an ecosystem.

Abiotic factors are non-living components of an ecosystem, such as water, soil, and air.

Renewable resources can be replenished naturally over time, while non-renewable resources are finite and cannot be replaced once used.

Solar energy, wind energy, and biomass.

Oil, gas, and coal.

Water is essential for growing food, making agriculture the largest consumer of global freshwater resources.

Approximately 8 billion people.

The ecological footprint measures the demand on Earth's ecosystems and compares human consumption of natural resources with the planet's ability to regenerate them.