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We have put some important terms here to get you started.  

When you come across a specific term relating to sustainability or earth science, please put it in our glossary.

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Sustainability

"the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance"
 
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/environment)
 
Living well for all, now and into the future, within the means of the environment.
 
Meeting the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

 

System

"an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole"

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/system?s=)