Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. the ability to sustain something
- n. ecology a means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations
WordNet 3.0
- n. the property of being sustainable
Examples
“There’s sustainability and then there’s *sustainability*.”
Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
“Solutions are sought, but the phrase "sustainability practices" is often bandied about as a potential panacea for job creation without direction.”
“In an era when the term "sustainability" is increasingly cast as mere jargon, it is worth noting a sincere and authentic application of family, business and building which gives credence to the term.”
The Huffington Post: Charles R. Wolfe: Sustainability and Authenticity, Personified
“I was trying to make the point that we have the means to do quantitative, whole-system analysis of our material and energy impacts, rather than leave the term sustainability as just a fuzzy green word that could mean recycling the newspaper or maybe even driving a hybrid.”
Economics blind spot is a disaster for the planet « Stephen Rees’s blog
“Despite its popularity, the term sustainability is used in a wide variety of ways with a plethora of meanings.”
“In 1987, the term 'sustainability' officially shifted from financial to environmental when Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland in a key United Nations report coined the original definition, "Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs.”
“In 1993 this group first used the term sustainability when setting its goals.”
“In many ways, the term sustainability has become synonymous with responsibility for consumers or just 'doing the right thing'.”
“According to the research, there is much greater awareness of the term sustainability and it has some impact on the way consumers purchase their food:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sustainability’.
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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The Buzz
The bang, the cannonade,
the bale, the hum.lab situation, media, startup, scientific, gameplay, social, intuitive, creative, collaborative, funding, non-governmental ..., consultant and 124 more...
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EN - newSPEAK
Buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 1078 more...
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
jackdaw, incongruous, cassock, vivid, magpie, humdrum, amongst, wonder, wandering, wheedling, wheedle, osseous and 368 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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green
gaia, sustainability, eco-friendly, green, blue, carbon neutral, eustasy, free range, lime, grass, fresh, seasick and 6 more...
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So You Want To Save Some Energy?
Words related to energy, and the saving thereof.
energy, efficiency, conservation, amp, watt, conductivity, wattage, bill, power, sustainability, eco, sensor and 13 more...
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hashtags
*possibly* some interesting / noteworthy twitter hashtags
( randomness )tfoh, omgfacts, girlthings, gothgirlproblems, deepthoughts, scriptchat, fml, girldictionary, respect, facepalm, skill, quote and 28 more...
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Earth-Friendly Organic Produce
An Ecosystem of earth/life-related words.
blueskycloudform, sojourn, reuse, reduce, compostable, habitat, ecology, bionomics, Eco-Art, sustainability, forest garden, biosystems and 47 more...
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REGI - general terms
Assembly of Europ..., Connecting Europe..., European Centre f..., European Cohesion..., European Regional..., European territor..., LIFE+ Regulation, SAPARD, Structural Policy, backward region, cohesion policy, public procurement and 40 more...
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cool words
just for hahas
axiom, axle, masonry, ballistic, infused, vibrancy, twist, twisted, aspect, karmafective, electricity, a lot and 7 more...
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solutions
one word (preferably / not a must). terms that solved, help solve or theoretically will solve the world's problems (past, present, future).
these can be general, umbrella terms or...veganism, neurotechnology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, globalism, sustainability, laws, ecology, education, immunization, switchgrass, Esperanto and 75 more...
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CULT - Europe for Citizens
executive agency, societal engagement, reference point, service contract, synergy, focussing, local authority, mutual understanding, sustainability, participation, initiative, dimension and 60 more...
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Criswell Predicts
Words describing a future that may or may not be entirely grounded in reality. Not to be used for predictive purposes. I do not have the gift of premonition. In fact, all these ideas come from popu...
flying car, space tourism, big brother, soylent green, brave new world, first contact, domestic android, skynet, new world order, collectivism, world peace, laser pistol and 93 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sustainability.
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