The Peace Portal: Sustainable Solutions

ImagePeace Portal & partner Contech Composites provide articles on long term sustainable solutions for agricultural, economics, energy use, and peaceful community practices.

Generally speaking, 

ACTIVITIES ARE SUSTAINABLE WHEN THEY:
1 - use naturally renewable resources in continuous cycles.
2 - use continuously reliable sources of energy.
3 - approach life with the finest qualities of being human
(i.e. creativity, communication, coordination, appreciation, and spiritual and intellectual development.)
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ACTIVITIES ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE WHEN THEY: 
1 - require continual inputs of non-renewable resources. 
2 - use renewable resources faster than their rate of renewal. 
3 - cause cumulative degradation of the environment. 
4 - require resources in quantities that could never be available for people everywhere. 
5 - lead to the extinction of other life forms.
    
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