Teach
Yourself Sustainability by Richard W. Franke Ph. D.
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Sustainability:
The Standard Definition
The word “sustainability” came into the public sphere
in 1987 with Our Common Future, also known as the “Brundtland
Report,” from the The World Commission on Environment and
Development, commissioned by the United Nations. This report contains the
most widely cited definition of sustainability: 
Meeting
“the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs… sustainable
development must not endanger the natural systems that support life on earth:
the atmosphere, the waters, the soils and the living beings.”
World Commission on Environment and Development. 1987.
Our Common Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages 8, 43 and 45.
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