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Questions tagged [defining-sustainability]

Questions that define the concept of sustainability by discussing its relationship with other related concepts

Questions that define the concept of sustainability by discussing its relationship with other related concepts (more info about the rationale behind this idea in this meta post)

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What is the definition of "sustainable"?

An exchange in the comments on this question got me thinking: what is the standard definition for sustainable? Does it include such things as: Geographic extent Time frame Economics Other factors?
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How is sustainability determined for a product or system, and by whom?

I see many questions on this site about the sustainability of various products or practices. I also see that some things which are considered sustainable in one context may be less sustainable when looked at in another – for instance, hybrid…
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What is the relationship between biodiversity and sustainability?

What are the sound reasons (let's put aside the unsound reasons) why protecting or increasing biodiversity takes us further down the road to sustainability? Are there real-world circumstances whereby higher biodiversity might make sustainability…
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Can cost be used as a useful measure of a product's sustainability?

What are the gotchas in comparing the prices of similar objects to determine sustainability? Costs to some degree are measures of effort, of resources used, of labour spent. Of the lost opportunities of not having those resources used for other…
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Are there any canonical references of the political aspects of sustainable living?

I think that there is a clear and close interplay between politics and sustainable living. What I mean by this is that I think that sustainable ways of living should be reinforced politically to spread them among the society. In some cases the…
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What is the difference between sustainable living for an individual and a sustainability policy for a company?

Sustainability seems to be a term that is used at different scales for policies for large businesses right down to individuals doing small things around the house. What does sustainability mean in these two different contexts?
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Good documentary videos related to the sustainable living?

Can anyone suggests Good Documentary Videos like The Home, Story of Stuff, and The Inconvenient Truth which highlights the society issues, problems and their respective solutions?
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