What is "sustainability?" It boils down to this: don't eat your seed corn.
A time-tested concept, sustainability highlights the need to build replenishing systems that can supply the present without compromising the future.
Sustainability is about . . .

What is "sustainability?" It boils down to this: don't eat your seed corn.
A time-tested concept, sustainability highlights the need to build replenishing systems that can supply the present without compromising the future.
Sustainability is about people: how to foster a robust workforce and strong communities. Sustainability addresses innovation: how to spark it, nurture it, and protect it so the idea pipelines don't run dry. Sustainability can be a lens to focus on values: inspired by faith, family, personal commitment' on the built environment and on markets. And, of course, Sustainability is also about natural resources: how to use, renew, and account for environmental capital.
Sustainability is an important news beat that's gained relevance in the past few years ' it increasingly motivates businesses, governments, investors, advocacy and other groups. Corporations hire experts to help them create sustainable business practices ' and raise the bottom line. States and cities band together to enact greenhouse gas policies. New Orleans tries to look to the future as it rebuilds. Individuals and communities are experimenting with new sources of energy for their homes and transportation.
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