Three visual representations of sustainability and its three dimensions. The left image shows sustainability as three intersecting circles. The top right is a nested approach where social and …

Nov 28, 2025 · Sustainability is the long-term viability of a community, set of social institutions, or societal practice. Sustainablity is usually understood as a form of intergenerational ethics that …

Sep 23, 2025 · To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations.

Sep 21, 2025 · Sustainability is the ability to maintain or support economic, environmental, or social processes over time without depleting natural resources.

Oct 26, 2022 · Why Is Sustainability Important? So far, we’ve discussed the different ways that sustainability is defined and the tools and metrics we have developed on a global scale to …

Nov 18, 2024 · What is sustainability? Speaking broadly, sustainability is about balancing our society’s current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their …

Sustainability is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings, published semimonthly online by MDPI.

Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, [conditions] that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other …

“Sustainability is improving human well being and ensuring social equity for present and future generations while safeguarding the planet’s life-supporting ecosystems.”

With an environmental lens, sustainability is about managing and protecting Earth’s natural resources, ecosystems, climate and atmosphere so that current generations and future …