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Outline of sustainability

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Outline of sustainability

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sustainability:

Contents

Sustainability – capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of stewardship and responsible resource management.

Essence of sustainability

Sustainability

Taxonomy

Sustainabiity is divided into two main branches: sustainability science and sustainability governance. Each of these branches is divided into a number of subfields:

Sub-fields of sustainability science

Sustainability science

  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Environmental psychology
  • Environmental philosophy
  • Environmental law
  • Sustainability measurement

    • Sub-fields of sustainability governance

    Sustainability governance

  • Organization
  • Fisheries management
  • Sustainable forest management
  • Sustainable city
  • New Urbanism
  • Eco-cities
  • Sustainable urban infrastructure
  • Sustainable urban drainage systems
  • Sustainable community
  • Sustainable Communities Plan
  • Sustainability reporting
  • Activity
  • Sustainable design
  • Sustainable living
  • Sustainable yield

    • Biodiversity

    Biodiversity

  • Biosecurity
  • Endangered species
  • Holocene extinction event
  • Invasive species

    • Levels of biological organisation

  • Biosphere
  • Biome
  • Ecosystem services

    • Politics of sustainability

  • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
  • International reports and agreements
  • United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972)
  • Brundtlandt Commission Report, 1983
  • Our Common Future, 1987
  • Earth Summit (1992)
  • Agenda 21 (1992)
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
  • ICPD Programme of Action (1994)
  • Earth Charter
  • Millennium Declaration (2000)
  • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)
  • Politics of global warming
  • Climate change policy of the United States
  • Climate change in China

    • Population control

    Population control

    Environmental technology

    Environmental technology

    Energy conservation

    Energy conservation

  • Carbon footprint
  • Emissions trading
  • Energy descent
  • Peak oil
  • Renewable energy (see above)

    • Over consumption

    Over-consumption

  • Anti-consumerism
  • Ecological footprint
  • Ethical consumerism
  • Tragedy of the commons

    • Food

    Food

  • Food security
  • Local food
  • Permaculture
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Sustainable fisheries
  • Urban horticulture

    • Water

    Water

  • Water footprint
  • Water crisis
  • Water efficiency
  • Water conservation

    • Materials

    Materials

  • Industrial ecology
  • Recycling
  • Waste
  • Zero waste

    • Sustainability organizations

  • Association of Environmental Professionals

    • Leaders in sustainability

    Category:Sustainability advocates

    Paul Hawken

    References

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