Sustainability

Sustainability

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The ability to be maintained at a certain growth rate or level; avoiding the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain ecological balance

• Sustainability

• Stewards

• Extinction

• Millenium Development Goals

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Goals created in 2012 by the United Nations to help guide countries towards goals to create a sustainable world.

• Circular Economy

• Environmental Policy

• Sustainability

• Millenium Development Goals

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Refers to responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices

• Environmental Policy

• Environmental Law

• Circular Economy

• Sustainability

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A collective term describing the network of treaties, statutes, regulations, common and customary laws addressing the effects of human activity on the natural environment.

• Environmental Policy

• Environmental Law

• Circular Economy

• Sustainability

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Decisions that are made to promote equilibrium within our natural systems and seek to encourage positive growth.

• Social Sustainability

• Environmental Sustainability

• Economic Sustainability

• Sustainability

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The concept that a decision or project promotes the betterment of society

• Environmental

  Sustainability

• Social Sustainability

• Economic Sustainability

• Sustainability

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Involves creating economic value out of whatever project or decision is being made

• Economic

  Sustainability

• Environmental Sustainability

• Social Sustainability

• Sustainability

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Agriculture incorporating the cultivation and conservation of trees.

• Biodiversity

• Agroforestry

• Green building

• None of the above

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A system of production and consumption based on reusable and sustainable design.

• Circular Economy

• Green building

• Millenium Development

  Goals

• All of the above

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Refers the structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible, and resource efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition

• Circular Economy

• Environmental Sustainability

• Green building

• Sustainability

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The variety of all living organisms including ecosystems, plants, animals, their habitats and genes

• Environmental Sustainability

• Economic Sustainability

• Social Sustainability

• Biodiversity

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Examples of this sustainable practice include using biodiesel, electric, wind, and solar power.

• Use of Alternative Energy/Fuel

• Agricultural Practices

• Construction Practices

• Manufacturing

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Examples of this sustainable practice include, green building and using natural resources for building

• Construction Practices

• Manufacturing

• Use of Alternative Energy/Fuels

• Agricultural Practices

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Examples of this sustainable practice include, rotating crops, reducing or eliminating tillage, and adopting agroforestry practices.

• Use of Alternative Energy/Fuels

• Agricultural Practices

• Construction Practices

• Manufacturing

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Examples of this sustainable practice include, stopping the use of single plastic packaging, educating consumers about recycling, and using locally sourced materials.

• Manufacturing

• Use of Alternative Energy

• Construction Practices

• Agricultural Practices

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This sustainable practice seeks to eliminate waste at all points from creation, sales, and use.

• Use of Alternative Energy/Fuels

• Construction Practices

• Circular Economy

• All of the above