What is a sustainable community and why is this important for Blacksburg? A sustainable community is one that takes into account many different human needs, not one need to the exclusion of others. And humans want and need many things from their community: Access to clean air and water Jobs and other economic opportunities A …
The earth is finite with finite resources and every human being relies on these resources for our basic needs – food, air, water, shelter. But we also put tremendous pressure on the earth in order to fulfill our wants. There are a couple of additional stressors that come into play here: The population is projected …
Sustainable energy can be defined as producing and consuming energy in such a way that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Starting with the Industrial Revolution in the 1880s, the world has been using fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) as the …
Agriculture puts a tremendous amount of pressure on our natural resources and the changing climate is impacting how we grow and produce our food. Sustainable agriculture seeks to address these issues but we must look at the three pillars of sustainability when thinking about sustainable agriculture. Social (people): Agricultural practices should 1) provide sufficient human …
The most common definition of sustainability is meeting our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Most of the time, sustainability is thought of in the context of the environment, but there are actually three pillars of sustainability that must be addressed: Social (people), Environment (planet), and Economy (profit). …
