Sustainability is just one word and yet there are over 300 definitions. In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development produced the best known definition of sustainability \u2013 \u201cmeeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The findings from this report became known as the Brundtland Report, also known as Our Common Future, which alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment.<\/p>\n
In moving towards environmental sustainability, we are attempting to reduce our ecological footprint. This equates to reducing the amount of resources we use, the waste we produce and the emissions we produce.<\/p>\n
Locally there are already ideas in action which can help reduce environmental impacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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