Sustainability is the capacity to maintain a certain level of production and consumption for a very long time, without endangering or factually harming the environment on which we depend.
![]() ![]() Development is generally seen as a growth of living standards and wealth. Overshoot refers to a situation in which we have gone too far with our consumption of raw materials and nature. Population size and per capita consumption are the basic factors that determine sustainability. |
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