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'''<big>Welcome to Appropedia's Portal page for Sustainability</big>'''
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This portal is a guide to sustainability content on Appropedia.
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Sustainability is expressed as meeting present ecological, societal, and economical needs without compromising these factors for future generations<ref>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [http://www.epa.gov/Sustainability "What is sustainability?"] Retrieved on: 2007-08-20.</ref><ref>United Nations General Assembly{{w|United Nations General Assembly}} (2005). [http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/487/60/PDF/N0548760.pdf?OpenElement 2005 World Summit Outcome], Resolution A/60/1, adopted by the General Assembly on 15 September 2005. Retrieved on: 2009-07-25.</ref><ref>This widely accepted definition of Sustainability comes from the Brundtland Commission in a 1987 report for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), specifically referring to economic development. Other terms can replace "development", however, and the definition remains valid. "Activities", behaviors", "practices", "energy", "consumption" are some of those terms.</ref> A practice cannot be said to be 'sustainable for X years/generations.' The use of any span of time disqualifies the activity. Sustainability is for perpetuity. 
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Sustainability also means greater efficiency in resource use, ultimately giving benefits to economic growth and overcoming poverty, as well as health and quality of life. 
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* [[Portal:Appropriate technology]]
* [[Portal:Green living]]
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* [[Portal:Construction and materials| Construction and materials]]
* [[Portal:Energy| Energy]]
* [[Portal: Food and Agriculture| Food and Agriculture]]
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* [[Portal:Water| Water]]
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*[[Electricity]]
*[[Energy efficiency]]
*[[Gasification]]
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*[[Renewable energy]]
**[[Biofuel]]
**[[Human power]]
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**[[Solar]]
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*[[Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker]]
*[[Argentina photovoltaic]]
*[[Biomass gasification]]
*[[Briceland PV]]
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==Organization, events and users==
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''Note that most of the [[:Category:Organizations|organizations]] on Appropedia are interested in sustainability, as a main or secondary focus.''
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==See also==
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*[[Portal:portals|List of portals]]
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