sustainable

In 1983, the UN World Commission on Environment and Development (informally known as the Brundtland Commission) created a definition for sustainable development that has been been widely adopted and adapted: "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

In recent years, sustainability has come to address the integration of economic, social and environmental impacts of human activity. Thus sustainability can have applications in businesses, government or NGOs in such diverse areas as energy, agriculture, consumer goods, education and land use. You'll find sustainability addressed at blogs such as Tree Hugger, Green Inc., Business for Social Responsibility and World Changing.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “sustainable”

• Peter Foster: Climatism is more than a belief system

  
  FP Comment — Authority: 605
  A fired official believes climate change is equivalent to a religious belief. Who could disagree?  By Peter Foster T he case of fired British “sustainability official” Tim Nicholson has attracted much interest. That’s because Mr. Nicholson is pursuing redress from his former employer, home developer ...
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• Costa Rica proposes to downgrade Las Baulas National Park, threatening leatherback sea turtles

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 136
  Costa Rica is considered by many to be a shining example of environmental stewardship, preserving both its terrestrial and marine biodiversity while benefiting from being a popular tourist location. However, a new move by the Costa Rican government has placed their reputation in question. In May of this year the ...
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• H1N1 Flu and Pork Production Connection Raised By Jonathan Safran Foer

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  kevinhutchinsons Flickr photostream/Creative Commons The vaccine for the H1N1 virus has received quite a bit of attention lately, however, important questions remain unattended about the origins of the vicious strain and the likely possibility that it spread from unsanitary conditions on factory pig farms.  ...
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• The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China: Book Release

  
  Sustainable Cities Network — Authority: 118
  Source: Eanth-L, e-list for the field of ecological/environmental anthropology. Image: boris van hoytema via flickr CC Exploring the complexity of sustainable development within a rapidly changing nation… Though China’s economy is projected to become the world’s largest within the next twenty ...
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• LED Platform Bed Made with Sustainable Materials!

  
  zedomax.com — Authority: 608
  Here’s a rather cool $3400 LED Platform Bed I would want to get.  This sustainable wood platform bed features naturalistic looking cuts on the bed itself couple with high-output LEDs to glow in the dark.  Perhaps, I can make one myself but the designer of this furniture has done an awfully good job, I don’t ...
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• Opportunity Green Proves That Green Design is Good Business

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  This year’s Opportunity Green conference proved that good design means good business, and it started from the moment we walked in the door. We were bestowed with a Kor water bottle (to be refilled at water stations placed throughout the conference groups) and full set of To-Go Ware complete with canvas case ...
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• Sustainable Found Food Artist

  
  Foodista Blog — Authority: 132
  You can often find me chuckling when I stand in my mother’s kitchen. On the counter it’s not surprising to find three crackers wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, five almonds in a small dish or something like three pear slices leftover from breakfast resting on a clean plate. “Why are you keeping three grapes in ...
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• Concealed Fibre Optics Cables will it Make Easier to Tap Solar Energy in Future

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 137
  Much research is being conducted to make solar energy more commercially viable for sustainable future. In one research U.S scientists have created underground photovoltaic cells which are connected to fibre optics cable whose exposed ends can tap sunlight or any light energy and conduct it to the underground panel. ...
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• Drab or Fab? Organic Cotton Dots & Roses Bedding

  
  Green Your Decor — Authority: 121
  I know it’s been a while since I have done a Drab or Fab post, but I have to get your opinion on this one. Generally, all you have to do is think the word “floral” to make me run screaming in the opposite direction. I’m not a floral kind of girl. Unless of course that floral shows up in a bold, modern ...
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• Tenth Annual Sustainable Desgin Awards At Chelsesa Piers

  
  Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife — Authority: 667
  [ All photos by BEN GABBE for PMc ]. Global Green USA , an organization working to create green buildings and cities to combat climate change, honored various corporations and executives for their contributions to protect New York from global warming at Chelsea Piers last night. - Designer Nicole Miller , ...
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• Renault launches sustainable mobility website

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 682
  Filed under: Etc. , EV/Plug-in , Renault The Renault-Nissan alliance is pushing forward perhaps harder than any other established automaker with its electric vehicle efforts. Between the French and Japanese, brands they plan to have as many as eight different battery electric vehicles in production in the ...
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• Stylish Sustainable Furniture in Tel Aviv – Ubico Design Studio

  
  The Chic Ecologist — Authority: 112
  With so much trash and waste in the world, it’s great to see individuals like Ori Ben-Zvi turning into something beautiful and useful.With stylish and thought provoking designs, Ubico Design Studio has been converting reclaimed materials into works of functional art since February of 2008.Materials are collected ...
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• Beautiful Buildings Made From Whole Trees

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  According to the Forest Products Laboratory , a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. Putting this principle into practice, Whole Tree Architecture is dedicated to building with materials that lumber companies consider scrap – weed ...
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• Nations vulnerable to global warming present demands: carbon levels below 350ppm and billions in aid

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 136
  A group of nations especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change have released a declaration calling for developed countries to keep CO2 emission below 350 parts per million (ppm) and to give 1.5 percent of their gross domestic product to aid developing nations in adapting to the myriad impacts of climate ...
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• Time Banking: A Totally Cool Concept For a Better World

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 612
  We all have talents. No matter who you are, where you live, or what socio-economic group you live in, every one of us has something to offer. Sadly however, not everyone has the ability to treat their talents as a commodity. Thankfully, that’s where time banking comes in.Time banking is a concept [...]
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• Opportunity Green Business Conference Promotes Planet, Profitability

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Capitalizing on the cooperative spirit of the emerging green economy, hundreds of start-ups and Fortune 500 companies convened at UCLA over the weekend for the third annual Opportunity Green Business Conference . The two-day event–which was co-sponsored this year by the Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies ...
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• Wireless Road Trains Keep Highway Vehicles Linked Together

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  What if you could drive onto the highway, take your hands off the wheel, and sit back and read a book? That might not be as far-fetched as you might think if an EU-financed research project is successful. The project, dubbed SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) wants to link vehicles together in eight-car ...
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• Flaunting Socially Responsible Consuming

  
  Learned On Women by Andrea Learned — Authority: 103
  We are at an interesting crossroads in consumer culture.  Where luxury purchases used to be the ultimate sign of affluence or, at least, aspiring affluence, more consumers now may be driven to make conspicuously conscious purchases.  According to research co-authored by Aronte Bennett and mentioned in her ...
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• White vs Green roofs at McGill

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 138
  Henry Gass of McGill Daily reports The fight for Montreal’s environmental future has recently reached new heights, as various environmental groups in the city promote the installation of energy-efficient green and white roofs. Green rooftops, or rooftop gardens, are becoming more and more popular in Montreal, ...
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• Make Money By Mastering Online Internet Affiliate Marketing|Work At Home Business Plan| Sustainable

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 461
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