Threats to sustainability are diverse and impact various aspects of the environment, society, and economy. Some of the prominent threats to sustainability include: Climate Change Climate change is first and foremost an issue because people can’t even agree on whether or not it’s an issue in the...
Drink tap water/Avoid single-use water bottles When you choose to drink tap water, you are not only avoiding the plastic waste caused by single-use bottles. You also conserve the energy that would be used to produce plastic, fill the bottles, and transport them. You can...
Every day we make choices in our lives that affect the environment, the climate and other species. From what we eat to how many children we decide to have, there’s a lot we can do to “choose wild” and reduce our environmental footprint to leave...
Sustainability is "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". And though you may have heard this before, many people do not know the origins of this definition in particular. In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland...
Sustainability is the key to a better future. Humans rely on natural resources for business, activities, and survival. Ignoring it can lead to the exhaustion of natural resources. Sustainability is important to study even if you aren’t an environmental science major. Business majors need to learn...
The term sustainability is broadly used to indicate programs, initiatives and actions aimed at the preservation of a particular resource. However, it actually refers to four distinct areas: human, social, economic and environmental – known as the four pillars of sustainability. What are the 4...
Sustainability is an idea that can be applied to activities and communities as well as to physical resources. Environmental sustainability is strongly linked to social sustainability - that is, creating sustainable communities - and sustainable economics. Sustainable Development provides an all-embracing term. The Brundtland Report, “Our...
The main ways to stop climate change are to pressure government and business to: Keep fossil fuels in the ground. Fossil fuels include coal, oil and gas – and the more that are extracted and burned, the worse climate change will get. All countries need...
Climate change caused by the global increase in temperatures triggers multiple negative effects on the planet. These effects interrelate with each other and increase their violence, putting at risk the species that inhabit the Earth, including the humans. How does climate change affect sustainability? There are...