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- noun the
ability tosustain something - noun ecology a means of configuring
civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preservingbiodiversity and naturalecosystems , planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations
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- noun the property of being sustainable
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Examples
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There’s sustainability and then there’s *sustainability*.
Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Solutions are sought, but the phrase "sustainability practices" is often bandied about as a potential panacea for job creation without direction.
David Kirby: Green Energy, Jobs and Minority Businesses: Wall Street Is Paying Attention David Kirby 2011
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In an era when the term "sustainability" is increasingly cast as mere jargon, it is worth noting a sincere and authentic application of family, business and building which gives credence to the term.
Charles R. Wolfe: Sustainability and Authenticity, Personified Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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Solutions are sought, but the phrase "sustainability practices" is often bandied about as a potential panacea for job creation without direction.
David Kirby: Green Energy, Jobs and Minority Businesses: Wall Street Is Paying Attention David Kirby 2011
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In an era when the term "sustainability" is increasingly cast as mere jargon, it is worth noting a sincere and authentic application of family, business and building which gives credence to the term.
Charles R. Wolfe: Sustainability and Authenticity, Personified Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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Solutions are sought, but the phrase "sustainability practices" is often bandied about as a potential panacea for job creation without direction.
David Kirby: Green Energy, Jobs and Minority Businesses: Wall Street Is Paying Attention David Kirby 2011
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In an era when the term "sustainability" is increasingly cast as mere jargon, it is worth noting a sincere and authentic application of family, business and building which gives credence to the term.
Charles R. Wolfe: Sustainability and Authenticity, Personified Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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Solutions are sought, but the phrase "sustainability practices" is often bandied about as a potential panacea for job creation without direction.
David Kirby: Green Energy, Jobs and Minority Businesses: Wall Street Is Paying Attention David Kirby 2011
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In an era when the term "sustainability" is increasingly cast as mere jargon, it is worth noting a sincere and authentic application of family, business and building which gives credence to the term.
Charles R. Wolfe: Sustainability and Authenticity, Personified Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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I was trying to make the point that we have the means to do quantitative, whole-system analysis of our material and energy impacts, rather than leave the term sustainability as just a fuzzy green word that could mean recycling the newspaper or maybe even driving a hybrid.
Economics blind spot is a disaster for the planet « Stephen Rees’s blog 2008
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