How do you define "sustainability"?
Many people get stuck by what seems to be this "simple" question.
You can travel along many pathways to discover dozens of different definitions and metrics that purport to show what the term "sustainable" means.
For example, there are over 400 different business "associations" that deal with sustainability in their markets...
Does the definition include:
- metrics meant for consumers? business? government? a combination?
- does the definition's timeline address people-based systems?
- is there an aspect of the definition that addresses natural capital (planetary/ecological) systems?
- how does the definition address the human cultural and value system that is using it?