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8: Sustainability

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Connecting Environmental Science to Sustainability

Both environmental science and sustainability originated out of necessity due to past and current issues to find solutions for the now and the future. As such, there are many parallels to these subjects basic objectives. However, environmental science focuses on environmental/ecological solutions (as outlined in this book), whereas sustainability focuses on environmental/ecological, social, and economic goals. That's even more interdisciplinary, and thus complex, than environmental science! As such, this chapter will solely introduce essential concepts of sustainability and will not be entirely comprehensive.

Examples of sustainability goals
Figure 8.a: Example goals of sustainability. Image by Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA4.0)

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Rachel Schleiger (CC-BY-NC)

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This page titled 8: Sustainability is shared under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Melissa Ha and Rachel Schleiger (ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative) .

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