Sustainability: Examples or Non-Examples

Installing solar panels to generate renewable energy

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Using recycled materials

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Dumping untreated waste into a body of water

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Clear-cutting forests without replanting / reforestation

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Investing in and improving public transportation systems

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Exploiting cheap labor in sweatshops with poor working conditions

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Making things out of single-use plastics without a plan for recycling

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Growing food without chemicals to keep soil and water clean

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Making green spaces within cities to both help plants and animals AND take in carbon dioxide

• Sustainability!

• NOT an example of sustainability

Based on these Examples and Non-Examples, write your own definition or understanding of SUSTAINABILITY.