{"id":1,"date":"2022-02-04T02:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T02:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:58:28","slug":"the-who-what-when-why-how-of-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/gb\/the-blog\/the-who-what-when-why-how-of-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"The who, what, when, where, why, and how of Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/v2-n0z0l-rx20e-1280x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/v2-n0z0l-rx20e-1280x731.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/v2-n0z0l-rx20e-640x366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/v2-n0z0l-rx20e-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/v2-n0z0l-rx20e.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustainability is a word that holds many definitions that create a broad scope of its many concepts. Along with its many definitions and concepts, there are levels of denotation and connotation it presents as well. Sustainability is, however, not as fluid when applied to practical solutions and methodologies. For social impact, environmentalism or environmental preservation, and capital allocation strategies, sustainability is the ecosystem to draw from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When one closes their eyes, how does the mind perceive what sustainability is? Can you imagine what colors come to mind? How about the textures or objects? Can we articulate what are the overall types of 5 senses that one would associate with sustainability, such as scent, taste, small, sound, and sight? What does it sound like, and what time of day is most associated with sustainability? How about the term sustainable? Does it seem more of a perceived focus? Does that term function as an enhancement to content that orbits sustainability? Are concepts of sustainability sustainable, or does the sustainable content belong within sustainability?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image-box stk-block-image-box stk-hover-parent stk-block stk-26d0cf3 is-style-plain\" data-block-id=\"26d0cf3\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-left stk-row stk-block-image-box__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-cb73ee3\" data-block-id=\"cb73ee3\"><style>.stk-cb73ee3 .stk-img-wrapper{height:350px !important;}:where(.stk-hover-parent:hover,  .stk-hover-parent.stk--is-hovered) .stk-cb73ee3 .stk-img-wrapper::after{background-color:#000000 !important;}:where(.stk-hover-parent:hover,  .stk-hover-parent.stk--is-hovered) .stk-cb73ee3 .stk-img-wrapper{--stk-gradient-overlay:0.7 !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-405\" src=\"http:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paul-gilmore-prime-vista.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paul-gilmore-prime-vista.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paul-gilmore-prime-vista-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paul-gilmore-prime-vista-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paul-gilmore-prime-vista-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paul-gilmore-prime-vista-1536x853.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-24edc1f\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"24edc1f\"><style>.stk-24edc1f-inner-blocks{justify-content:flex-end !important;}.stk-24edc1f-container{padding-top:32px !important;padding-right:32px !important;padding-bottom:32px !important;padding-left:32px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-24edc1f-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk--column-flex stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-24edc1f-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Understanding Sustainability is key<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to our digest as we unpack how sustainability in scope expands through concepts. In addition to unpacking, we will explore what these concepts are and how we can relate to and apply them for a sustainable future. From a high-brow layman to the high-ranking delegate seeking to increase influence in a foreign administration, anyone can apply these tools. From the citizen climate lobbyist who advocates locally to Capital Hill to the at-home matriarch wife or patriarch uncle. Access to leveraging both nuclear and extended family duties on how a systematic approach to sustainable living can be beneficial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The premiere definition of what sustainability is as a subject matter, application, and form of a multi-tier policy that synthesizes an eclectic set of disciplines. This understanding includes that earth and its ecosystem of lifeforms are included. By sustaining equilibrium from the plant&#8217;s origin billions of years to the establishment of the United States of America, sustainability is ensured by not comprising today at the expense of future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll continue to answer all these questions as we explore more how this concept materializes as a buzzword and an institutional ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image-box stk-block-image-box stk-hover-parent stk-block stk-b550bde is-style-default\" data-block-id=\"b550bde\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-center stk-row stk-block-image-box__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-3f8bb57\" data-block-id=\"3f8bb57\"><style>.stk-3f8bb57 .stk-img-wrapper{height:350px !important;}:where(.stk-hover-parent:hover,  .stk-hover-parent.stk--is-hovered) .stk-3f8bb57 .stk-img-wrapper::after{background-color:#000000 !important;}:where(.stk-hover-parent:hover,  .stk-hover-parent.stk--is-hovered) .stk-3f8bb57 .stk-img-wrapper{--stk-gradient-overlay:0.7 !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-171\" src=\"http:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martin-damboldt.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martin-damboldt.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martin-damboldt-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martin-damboldt-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martin-damboldt-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesustainabledigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martin-damboldt-1536x853.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-7f50a15\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"7f50a15\"><style>.stk-7f50a15 {align-items:center !important;display:flex !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-7f50a15-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-7f50a15-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon stk-block-icon stk-block stk-2c21177\" data-block-id=\"2c21177\"><style>.stk-2c21177 {margin-top:56px !important;opacity:0 !important;}:where(.stk-hover-parent:hover,  .stk-hover-parent.stk--is-hovered) .stk-2c21177{opacity:1 !important;}.stk-2c21177 .stk--svg-wrapper .stk--inner-svg svg:last-child, .stk-2c21177 .stk--svg-wrapper .stk--inner-svg svg:last-child :is(g, path, rect, polygon, ellipse){fill:#FFFFFF !important;}<\/style><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg style=\"height:0;width:0\"><defs><linearGradient id=\"linear-gradient-2c21177\" x1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y1=\"0\" y2=\"0\"><stop offset=\"0%\" style=\"stop-opacity:1;stop-color:var(--linear-gradient-2-c-21177-color-1)\"><\/stop><stop offset=\"100%\" style=\"stop-opacity:1;stop-color:var(--linear-gradient-2-c-21177-color-2)\"><\/stop><\/linearGradient><\/defs><\/svg><svg data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-right\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-right fa-w-14\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sustainable Development History in Review<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Within our discussion of this topic, we will feature a set of time periods that will also be featured. They will be referenced as milestones in the history of sustainability. Here are several listed here:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items1_90292c-5d:not(.this-stops-third-party-issues){margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items1_90292c-5d ul.kt-svg-icon-list:not(.this-prevents-issues):not(.this-stops-third-party-issues):not(.tijsloc){margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items1_90292c-5d ul.kt-svg-icon-list{grid-row-gap:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items1_90292c-5d ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap .kt-svg-icon-list-single{margin-right:10px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-iconlist kt-svg-icon-list-items kt-svg-icon-list-items1_90292c-5d kt-svg-icon-list-columns-1 alignnone\"><ul class=\"kt-svg-icon-list\"><style>.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_c96bdf-a2 .kt-svg-icon-list-single{font-size:20px !important;}.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_c96bdf-a2 .kt-svg-icon-list-text mark.kt-highlight{background-color:unset;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_c96bdf-a2 kt-svg-icon-list-style-default\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_checkCircle kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M22 11.08V12a10 10 0 1 1-5.93-9.14\"\/><polyline points=\"22 4 12 14.01 9 11.01\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\">The pre-colonial years, when various indigenous cultures across the world practiced sustainable methods that were intrinsic for survival and adaptability. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<style>.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_db599a-89 .kt-svg-icon-list-single{font-size:20px !important;}.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_db599a-89 .kt-svg-icon-list-text mark.kt-highlight{background-color:unset;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_db599a-89 kt-svg-icon-list-style-default\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_checkCircle kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M22 11.08V12a10 10 0 1 1-5.93-9.14\"\/><polyline points=\"22 4 12 14.01 9 11.01\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"> The advent of proto-sustainability, both the 1st industrial revolution and the 1st machine age<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<style>.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_f71f65-2c .kt-svg-icon-list-single{font-size:20px !important;}.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_f71f65-2c .kt-svg-icon-list-text mark.kt-highlight{background-color:unset;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_f71f65-2c kt-svg-icon-list-style-default\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_checkCircle kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M22 11.08V12a10 10 0 1 1-5.93-9.14\"\/><polyline points=\"22 4 12 14.01 9 11.01\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\">Post-World War II and the effects of pre-civil rights\/mid-cold war international economic development across developed, 2nd world, and 3rd world nations<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<style>.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_3fac2e-9f .kt-svg-icon-list-single{font-size:20px !important;}.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_3fac2e-9f .kt-svg-icon-list-text mark.kt-highlight{background-color:unset;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_3fac2e-9f kt-svg-icon-list-style-default\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_checkCircle kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M22 11.08V12a10 10 0 1 1-5.93-9.14\"\/><polyline points=\"22 4 12 14.01 9 11.01\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\">Post-civil rights, in conjunction with both the U.S. relinquishment from the gold standard to the fiat platform and the environmental regulation standards<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<style>.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_e2fefe-a6 .kt-svg-icon-list-single{font-size:20px !important;}.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_e2fefe-a6 .kt-svg-icon-list-text mark.kt-highlight{background-color:unset;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_e2fefe-a6 kt-svg-icon-list-style-default\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_checkCircle kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M22 11.08V12a10 10 0 1 1-5.93-9.14\"\/><polyline points=\"22 4 12 14.01 9 11.01\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\">The modern interpretation of classical sustainability began with UN Conference on the Human Environment during both the cold war and the environmental regulation framework shaped fractionally to partially the gold to fiat U.S. dollar transition<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<style>.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_890e82-cf .kt-svg-icon-list-single{font-size:20px !important;}.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_890e82-cf .kt-svg-icon-list-text mark.kt-highlight{background-color:unset;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_890e82-cf kt-svg-icon-list-style-default\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_checkCircle kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M22 11.08V12a10 10 0 1 1-5.93-9.14\"\/><polyline points=\"22 4 12 14.01 9 11.01\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\">The &#8216;term&#8217;sustainable development&#8217; was established also a decade after the executive branch instituted the fiat standard.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<style>.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_295600-fd .kt-svg-icon-list-single{font-size:20px !important;}.kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_295600-fd .kt-svg-icon-list-text mark.kt-highlight{background-color:unset;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-1_295600-fd kt-svg-icon-list-style-default\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_checkCircle kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M22 11.08V12a10 10 0 1 1-5.93-9.14\"\/><polyline points=\"22 4 12 14.01 9 11.01\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\">During the final quarter of the Cold War era, various thought leaders from Gro Harlem Brundtland to Bill McDonough over the course of 15 years prior to the beginning of the Afghanistan war, the NATO expansion, the Canadian G8 summit, the scheduled Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, and the South African Earth Summit.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sustainable Development History Continuing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What we can deduce is that sustainability evolved this way in regards to the passage of time for the long term. We can easily reason that this is because of the decades of accumulation of adverse environmental impact. Another factor is the inequalities and inequities of the human condition. This observation applies across all spectrums of human activity: education, entertainment, economics, law, politics, labor, religion, sex, and war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustainability means to remain durable over periods of time. Durability is to sustainability what resilience is to adaptability in some respects. Another way of looking at defining it would be to state or understand that sustainability is to renew or be everlasting for generations to come. 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Sustainability extends past the dynamic of achieving the bottom line to remain in the black by restructuring to be only 33.3% of the outcome. The other 66.6% are split into two unique channels that engage the human or social component that separates itself from the more capitalist-driven single bottom line. While the final 33.3% of the triple bottom line redirects to the living environment. The final bottom line, which is the living environment, includes the more non-sentient life and material via the science-based order of the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This creates a synthesis of three subjective opposing constructs from one another that forms a cohesive system. Having these systems is beneficial for institutions, businesses, and communities to leverage. When working together as the triple bottom line, to remain functional, they work within a checks and balance framework. 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The purposes of attracting better public and social engagement and environmental stewardship through both conservation and preservation. Positioning strategically in the free market in spreading prosperity. It is essential to development that&#8217;s sustainable for the long(er) term of any institution, organization, or MSME (micro, small, medium enterprise).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does sustainability mean to you? How has sustainability served in a historical context? How can we educate and train to bring sustainable results? What comes to mind when you see and hear the word &#8216;sustainability&#8217;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability is a word that holds many definitions that create a broad scope of its many concepts. Along with its many definitions and concepts, there are levels of denotation and connotation it presents as well. Sustainability is, however, not as fluid when applied to practical solutions and methodologies. 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