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The Lexicon of Sustainability

What is Sustainability?

Sustainability is an ideal rooted in the choices we make as consumers and producers.

04/23/2014 | Rating NR

The Lexicon of Sustainability

What is Sustainability?

Episode 15 | 4m 14s

Sustainability is an ideal rooted in the choices we make as consumers and producers.

Everything we do has consequences, even when hidden from view. Sustainability imbues all of us, as either consumers or producers, with a clear sense of responsibility. It gives us the opportunity to change how we think, what we make, and what we buy—and confirms that our actions matter; reinforcing that we are both the cause and the solution of that which ails us as a society.

04/23/2014 | Rating NR

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The Lexicon of Sustainability

What is Sustainability?

Episode 15 | 4m 14s

Everything we do has consequences, even when hidden from view. Sustainability imbues all of us, as either consumers or producers, with a clear sense of responsibility. It gives us the opportunity to change how we think, what we make, and what we buy—and confirms that our actions matter; reinforcing that we are both the cause and the solution of that which ails us as a society.

04/23/2014 | Rating NR

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