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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Original Technorati articles tagged “sustainable”

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  Sustainable Living: The Free Way!
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  by caroline1234 / on Sep 15, 2011
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  Eco-Friendly Household Cleaning
  Eco-friendly household cleaners are a step towards a sustainable environment
  by caroline1234 / on Sep 14, 2011
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  Sustainable Eating
  Buying produce at local farmers market, eating only in-season foods and eating organic makes eco-friendly sense.
  by caroline1234 / on Sep 14, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “sustainable”

 

• Press Teleconference: An Insider?s Look at the UN’s New Sustainable Energy for All Initiative, Premiering at the Upcoming World Future Energy Summit

  
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• Bill Gates says Yes to #GMOs. Puts money behind it.

  
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  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wants to help the world.  The money of the foundation is used to help poor people. Help them do what?  Plant GMO seeds, among other things. According to the Guardian UK:  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is sponsoring the Guardian’s Global development site ...
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• The Solberg Company and Alert Disaster Control Announce Strategic Partnership

  
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• New dev’t model must emerge in Rio Summit, Brazil minister says

  
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• The Stream, January 27: Water Pollution Strikes Chinese River

  
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• Monsanto in Court: What’s the Big Deal?

  
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  Monsanto likes to frame itself as a benevolent mastermind of food production: friend to the lowly farmer, and selfless guardian of the environment. Their web site proclaims through text and video that Monsanto Company is Comitted to Sustainable Agriculture. Monsanto’s TV commercials are filled with soft-focus ...
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• Largest-ever Australian trade mission to visit India

  
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  Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Premier of Australia’s Victoria state Ted Baillieu is all set to lead the largest-ever Australian trade mission to India in February.More than 100 leading Victorian companies, ministers and officials would participate in the Super Trade Mission to India, the premier said Friday at the ...
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• Why David Cameron should attend the Rio+20 Earth summit

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Why David Cameron should attend the Rio+20 Earth summit Attending the world’s biggest environmental conference for 20 years is not technically important, but the political symbolism isIf you were to ask most people whether they would like an all-expenses-paid trip to Rio de ...
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• Why David Cameron should attend the Rio+20 Earth summit

  
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  Attending the worlds biggest environmental conference for 20 years is not technically important, but the political symbolism is If you were to ask most people whether they would like an all-expenses-paid trip to Rio de Janeiro, expressly designed to demonstrate that they were a nice guy or gal who cared about the ...
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• Hospital Energy Management Tips

  
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• Toward a More Energy Efficient Food System

  
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• First Pictures of the New Siemens Headquarters at Masdar City

  
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• London Olympics hosts firm on retaining Dow as sponsor

  
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  London, Jan 27 (IANS) The 2012 London Olympics Organisers said Dow Chemicals would remain as one of the sponsors of the Olympic Games, despite the resignation of Meredith Alexander, one of the 12 members of the Commission for a Sustainable London, on the issue.Dow Chemicals is the parent company of Union Carbide, ...
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• Redcliffs Estuary, A Sustainable Building Design by Stufkens + Chambers Architects

  
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  A modern, beautiful house was designed by  Stufkens + Chambers Architects  in Redcliffs, Christchurch, New Zealand. It is Redcliffs Estuary, a house with some sustainable design concepts adopted, built for a growing family and their numerous guests. The owners of this sustainable architecture building ...
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• Great video about energy efficiency program in EKY

  
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  Here is a great example of what New Power looks like in Kentucky! Check out this video from our friends at Appalshop . It features a new program called How$mart that makes energy efficiency upgrades affordable and doable for customers of rural electric co-ops in eastern Kentucky. The video describes how the Big ...
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• Asia: leadership for sanitation needed at both central and local level

  
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• Asia: leadership for sanitation needed at both central and local level

  
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  The responsibility for sanitation in Asia is fragmented over different agencies, and in most cases the priority given to sanitation is low. Therefore more leadership and political will is needed to make sure that organisational structures function, that plans with good intentions become a reality on the ground and ...
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• The Greatest Show On Earth – London 2012

  
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• Timberland Eco-labels Go Beyond Green Info

  
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