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  2. Sustainable living - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable living describes a lifestyle that attempts to reduce the use of Earth's natural resources by an individual or society. Its practitioners often attempt to reduce their ecological footprint (including their carbon footprint) by altering their home designs and methods of transportation, energy consumption and diet.

  3. Doughnut (economic model) - Wikipedia

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    The Doughnut, or Doughnut economics, is a visual framework for sustainable development – shaped like a doughnut or lifebelt – combining the concept of planetary boundaries with the complementary concept of social boundaries. [1] The name derives from the shape of the diagram, i.e. a disc with a hole in the middle.

  4. Sustainable Development Goals - Wikipedia

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    The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global objectives established by the United Nations in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These goals aim to address a broad range of interconnected global challenges, including poverty eradication , environmental sustainability , social equity , and ...

  5. Sustainable development - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable development is an approach to growth and human development that aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. [1] [2] The aim is to have a society where living conditions and resources meet human needs without undermining planetary integrity.

  6. Sustainable livelihood - Wikipedia

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    In 1992 Robert Chambers and Gordon Conway [10] proposed the following composite definition of a sustainable rural livelihood, which is applied most commonly at the household level: "A livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets (stores, resources, claims and access) and activities required for a means of living: a livelihood is sustainable ...

  7. Sustainable Development Goal 11 - Wikipedia

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    The full-text Target 11.3 is "By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries". [1] The target has two indicators: [11] Indicator 11.3.1: "Ratio of land consumption rate to the population growth rate"

  8. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development - Wikipedia

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    The Rio Conference, which adopted the Declaration, took place from 3 to 14 June 1992. Subsequently, the international community has met twice to assess the progress made in implementing the principles of the document; first in New York City in 1997 during a General Assembly Session of the UN, and then in Johannesburg in 2002.

  9. Ecological footprint - Wikipedia

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    The ecological footprint measures human demand on natural capital, i.e. the quantity of nature it takes to support people and their economies. [1] [2] [3] It tracks human demand on nature through an ecological accounting system.