What is the difference between sustainable and sustainability?
sustainable | sustainability | Related terms |
Able to be sustained.
Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.
* 2008 , Kate L. Harrison, The Green Bride Guide , ISBN 140221345X, page 174 [http://books.google.com/books?id=O5FyqGQmdpUC&pg=PA174&dq=sustainable]:
* 2008 August–October, Dawn Brighid, "A Taste of Hope", in Organic Gardening , ISSN 1536-108X, volume 55, number 6, page 73 [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73&dq=%22that+sustainable%22]:
* 2010 , , ISBN 9780061718946, page 129 [http://books.google.com/books?id=_-Z6Umuq68EC&pg=PA129&dq=sustainable]:
The ability to sustain something.
(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 preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations.
Sustainability is a related term of sustainable.
As an adjective sustainable
is able to be sustained.As a noun sustainability is
the ability to sustain something.sustainable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In addition to the resources listed in the organic and local food sections earlier, a good source of sustainable meat is Heritage Foods USA (heritagefoodsusa.com).
- Some critics have asserted that sustainable food is "elitist"; that it's too expensive and not widely available.
- A city on a hill—or many cities on hills—surrounded by unbroken vistas of beautiful countryside; small, thriving, family-run farms growing organic, seasonal, and sustainable fruits and vegetables specific to the region.
