Sustainable resource extraction — Describing the use of materials available in nature in a way that does not affect its balance. Usually however, sustainability is based on some kind of cost benefit analysis, where one has to accept some damage (or human caused unbalance) to the… … Wikipedia
International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management — Das International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management (deutsch etwa: Internationaler Ausschuss für nachhaltiges Ressourcenmanagement) ist eine internationale wissenschaftliche Einrichtung unter dem Dach des UN Umweltprogramms. Ab seiner… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sustainable design — Sustainable urban design and innovation: Photovoltaic ombrière SUDI is an autonomous and mobile station that replenishes energy for electric vehicles using solar energy. See also: Sustainable engineering and Ecological design … Wikipedia
Sustainable agriculture — integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. These goals have been defined by a variety of disciplines and may be looked at from the vantage point of the farmer or the… … Wikipedia
Sustainable forest management — carried out by Complejo Panguipulli has contributed to the preservation of the forested landscape around Neltume, a sawmill town in Chile Sustainable forest management (SFM) is the management of forests according to the principles of sustainable… … Wikipedia
Sustainable development — is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has … Wikipedia
Sustainable Value — Sustainable ValueSustainable Value is an approach to measure and manage sustainability performance. The concept was developed by researchers who are working today for [http://www.qub.ac.uk/ Queen s University Belfast] (Northern Ireland) and the… … Wikipedia
Sustainable Development Strategy in Canada — [ [http://www.sdinfo.gc.ca/reports/en/sustainable development strategies/part1.cfm SDInfo Sustainable Development Strategies: Evolution of the Federal Government of Canada Approach] ] is about the Government of Canada finding ways to develop… … Wikipedia
Sustainable retreat — is a concept developed by independent research scientist Dr. James Lovelock, who is well known in ecological circles for developing the Gaia theory, in order to define the necessary changes to human settlement and dwelling at the global scale… … Wikipedia
Sustainable Silicon Valley — (SSV) is a collaboration of businesses, governments, and non governmental organizations that are identifying and addressing environmental and resource pressures in the Valley. (Sustainable Silicon Valley has its own website:… … Wikipedia
Sustainable procurement — is a spending and investment process typically associated with public policy, although it is equally applicable to the private sector.Organisations practicing sustainable procurement meet their needs for goods, services, utilities and works not… … Wikipedia