By shunning all but organic farming techniques, the Himalayan state will cement its status as a paradigm of sustainability – John Vidal and Annie Kelly for the guardian Already an overwhelmingly agrarian state, Bhutan is aiming to become the world’s first completely organic…
Category: Sustainability
Sustainability is a concept that captures our ability to keep something going, any sort of societal practice or practice that a business, industry, or community does.
In a general sense, renewable resources are sustainable, because they can be regenerated, but it is not sustainable to use them faster than they are able to regenerate. Using non-renewable resources, like fossil fuels, is also not sustainable.
A practice can also be unsustainable if it generates pollution or other problems that will eventually require it to be stopped. Sustainability is not just about environmental issues and supply and demand, but it also encompasses social issues–something can be unsustainable if it causes human suffering or problems for society.
Five of the World’s Most Sustainable Building Concepts
GUEST POST: Five of the World’s Most Sustainable Building Concepts (via http://greenbuildingelements.com) As most of us know from hearing the word too many times, sustainable building covers a very wide range of definitions. But regardless of how we might define…
How One German Village Became a Renewable Energy Leader
Power Play — German Energy Revolution Video (via Clean Technica) The German village Schönau forced the grid operator to sell its local grid to them decades ago. Now, that village has become a renewable energy leader. As you can see in…
The Importance of Bees
GUEST POST: Declining Bee Populations Present a Catch-22 Situation (via http://greenbuildingelements.com) Though many of us have an instinctual fear of them, bees have been playing a vital role in human civilization since ancient times. Even today bees are an absolutely crucial part…
Pedal Power
The Pedal Powered Business: Turning Human Power into Profit (via sustainablog) Pedal powered business – we’ve done that before. From food delivery to recycling pick-up to musical tours, we’ve seen multiple examples of businesses that use bicycles as their sole…
Vertical Farming
Vertical, Hydroponic Farming the Future of Farming? (via Clean Technica) This interesting piece below is on a topic we don’t cover much here on CleanTechnica — farming (in particular, vertical and hydroponic farming) — but it seems like a good…
Affordable Biofuel
Food Waste Could Create Hydrogen Fuel (via Gas 2.0) The world of the 21st century faces some incredibly daunting challenges that, unless dealt with soon, may eventually reach the point of no return. Overpopulation, water shortages, and climate change is…
Corporate Lessons Learned
10 Lessons from 11 Business Sustainability Journeys (via Global Warming is Real) There are many valuable lessons to be learned by reviewing the ways companies relate to sustainability. An increasing number of companies around the world are engaging major sustainability…
Sustainability’s Neglected Frontier
Sustainability’The Young and the Entrepreneurial (via Ecopreneurist) This post by Andrea Learned was originally published on April 9, 2012 on HuffingtonPost Where should we be looking for sustainable business change today? Perhaps it should not be toward the usual corporate suspects,…
Calculating Your Water Footprint
The Importance of Calculating Your Water Footprint (via sustainablog) If you consider yourself eco-minded, then you’re probably comfortable bandying about words like carbon footprint, solar panels and electric cars. “Water footprint” should be part of your green vocabulary as well.…