Sustainable
adjective
Can be maintained or kept going over a long period.
A sustainable economic growth rate
Often appears as...
- sustainable development
- sustainable growth
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Academic
adjective
Causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time.
Sustainable agriculture practices ensure future generations have enough to eat.
Often appears as...
- sustainable agriculture
- sustainable energy
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Academic
adjective
Able to be defended or upheld.
The judge found her argument to be sustainable.
Often appears as...
- sustainable argument
- sustainable claim
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Formal
Legal
adjective
Can be maintained or kept going over a long period.
A sustainable economic growth rate
Often appears as...
- sustainable development
- sustainable growth
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time.
Sustainable agriculture practices ensure future generations have enough to eat.
Often appears as...
- sustainable agriculture
- sustainable energy
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Able to be defended or upheld.
The judge found her argument to be sustainable.
Often appears as...
- sustainable argument
- sustainable claim
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Longevity Emphasis
Focus on the duration aspect when discussing 'sustainable' in economic and developmental contexts.
Their business plan seems sustainable and should last many years.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Sustainable' can be neutral; not every sustainable thing is beneficial or desired.
The country is stuck in a sustainable pattern of low employment.
Pro Tip 3/3Balance Key
Sustainability often involves balancing resources and needs for ongoing success.
Sustainable tourism balances visitor numbers with environmental impact.
Pro Tip 1/3Longevity Emphasis
Focus on the duration aspect when discussing 'sustainable' in economic and developmental contexts.
Their business plan seems sustainable and should last many years.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Sustainable' can be neutral; not every sustainable thing is beneficial or desired.
The country is stuck in a sustainable pattern of low employment.
Pro Tip 3/3Balance Key
Sustainability often involves balancing resources and needs for ongoing success.
Sustainable tourism balances visitor numbers with environmental impact.
Pro Tip 1/3Longevity Emphasis
Focus on the duration aspect when discussing 'sustainable' in economic and developmental contexts.
Their business plan seems sustainable and should last many years.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Sustainable' can be neutral; not every sustainable thing is beneficial or desired.
The country is stuck in a sustainable pattern of low employment.
Pro Tip 3/3Balance Key
Sustainability often involves balancing resources and needs for ongoing success.
Sustainable tourism balances visitor numbers with environmental impact.
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David Mackay: A reality...
Use your own eyes and be smart. Read your meter, and if you're anything like me, it'll change your life. Here's a graph I made. I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, "How much energy do you use at home?" I was embarrassed; I didn't actually know. And so I started reading the meter every week.
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Is Your Perfume Made...
this has on its native trees and forests is not sustainable. If we don't do something, this tree could become extinct in the wild for good. If we want to continue enjoying oud, we need a sustainable trade in it. And in doing so, protect the communities, forests and ecosystems which depend on it.
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Jonathan Foley: The...
Yeah, so we face one of the greatest grand challenges in all of human history the need to feed nine billion people and do so sustainably and equitably and justly, at the same time protecting our planet for this and future generations. This is going to be one of the hardest things
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Will the ocean ever run...
and we can establish marine reserves closed to all fishing to help ecosystems restore themselves. There's also a role for consumer awareness and boycotts to reduce wasteful practices, like shark finning, and push fishing industries towards more sustainable practices.
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Nature's smallest...
This second phase represents one of nature's most sustainable production lines. And so with that, welcome to world's most miniscule factory. The starting materials? A mix of CO2 molecules from the air, and preassembled molecules called
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Sustainable Logging PIPE...
the wood that we produce here comes from well-managed sustainable forests and by that I mean that it is third-party independently looked at to see that we have protected the environment taking care of the ecosystems protected the
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Beautiful Butterfly...
into one of those but in the long term we will have to produce food sustainably and government schemes are now encouraging farmers to restore intensively farmed land for wildlife farmland that encourages butterflies is
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How to build a greener,...
circular economy otherwise how will we avoid climate change how will we ensure ecological security how will we achieve sustainable development but despite all that agreement we are still hurtling towards
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Bilal Bomani: Plant...
We really, really hope this concept catches on worldwide. We think we have a solution for food, water, fuel and now energy. Complete. It's extreme green, it's sustainable, alternative and renewable
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The Impact of Keeping...
Why is it important to make the exotic fish trade sustainable?
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David Mackay: A reality...
Use your own eyes and be smart. Read your meter, and if you're anything like me, it'll change your life. Here's a graph I made. I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, "How much energy do you use at home?" I was embarrassed; I didn't actually know. And so I started reading the meter every week.
Video examples
Is Your Perfume Made...
this has on its native trees and forests is not sustainable. If we don't do something, this tree could become extinct in the wild for good. If we want to continue enjoying oud, we need a sustainable trade in it. And in doing so, protect the communities, forests and ecosystems which depend on it.
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
Yeah, so we face one of the greatest grand challenges in all of human history the need to feed nine billion people and do so sustainably and equitably and justly, at the same time protecting our planet for this and future generations. This is going to be one of the hardest things
Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
and we can establish marine reserves closed to all fishing to help ecosystems restore themselves. There's also a role for consumer awareness and boycotts to reduce wasteful practices, like shark finning, and push fishing industries towards more sustainable practices.
Video examples
Nature's smallest...
This second phase represents one of nature's most sustainable production lines. And so with that, welcome to world's most miniscule factory. The starting materials? A mix of CO2 molecules from the air, and preassembled molecules called
Video examples
Sustainable Logging PIPE...
the wood that we produce here comes from well-managed sustainable forests and by that I mean that it is third-party independently looked at to see that we have protected the environment taking care of the ecosystems protected the
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
into one of those but in the long term we will have to produce food sustainably and government schemes are now encouraging farmers to restore intensively farmed land for wildlife farmland that encourages butterflies is
Video examples
How to build a greener,...
circular economy otherwise how will we avoid climate change how will we ensure ecological security how will we achieve sustainable development but despite all that agreement we are still hurtling towards
Video examples
Bilal Bomani: Plant...
We really, really hope this concept catches on worldwide. We think we have a solution for food, water, fuel and now energy. Complete. It's extreme green, it's sustainable, alternative and renewable
Video examples
The Impact of Keeping...
Why is it important to make the exotic fish trade sustainable?
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Quote examples
Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections. We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.
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Angela Merkel
German Statesman
Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about a sustainable development.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner, but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.
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Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building.
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Jacqueline Novogratz
American Businesswoman
A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.
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Matt Mullenweg
American Businessman
For WordPress to be world class, it needs to have a sustainable model.
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Liya Kebede
Ethiopian Model
It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.
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Tucker Carlson
American Journalist
If you want another world war, run up unsustainable debts.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections. We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.
Quote examples
Angela Merkel
German Statesman
Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about a sustainable development.
Quote examples
Elon Musk
South African Businessman
Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner, but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.
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Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Novogratz
American Businesswoman
A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.
Quote examples
Matt Mullenweg
American Businessman
For WordPress to be world class, it needs to have a sustainable model.
Quote examples
Liya Kebede
Ethiopian Model
It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.
Quote examples
Tucker Carlson
American Journalist
If you want another world war, run up unsustainable debts.
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