A Perspective on environmental sustainability

A Perspective on environmental sustainability ?A paper for the Victorian Commissioner for EnvironmentalSustainabilityThis paper was written byPhilip SuttonDirector-Strategy of Green 12-April-2004iIntroduction and OverviewEnvironmental sustainability and what it means for us allEnvironmental sustainability is the ability to maintain the qualities that are valued inthe physical example, most people want to sustain (maintain): human life the capabilities that the natural environment has to maintain the living conditionsfor people and other species (eg. clean water and air, a suitable climate) the aspects of the environment that produce renewable resources such as water,timber, fish, solar energy the functioning of society, despite non-renewable resource depletion the quality of life for all people, the livability and beauty of the environmentThreats to these aspects of the environment m

reverse. So increasingly environmental managers adopt strategies aimed to prevent damage being done in the first place. A full sustainability program needs to include actions to prevent threats and impacts from arising, actions to protect the environment from threats and …

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