(I) Sustainability Definitions

In case you wanted them, here are the definitions from today's lecture:

Sustainability - M-W http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sustainability
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1727
1: capable of being sustained
2 a: of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged b: of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods

Sustain - Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sustainability
1. to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
2. to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).
3. to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.
4. to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.
5. to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.
6. to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.
7. to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.
8. to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.
9. to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it: The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.
10. to confirm or corroborate, as a statement: Further investigation sustained my suspicions.

Here's the powerpoint: .ppt

Here are the journal prompts:

Intro: How does sustainability affect us? What does “living sustainably” mean? What does a sustainable life ask of us?

Outro: One word not on the three spheres is “responsibility”. Where would you place responsibility on the three spheres? In what ways are we responsible for making sustainable choices?

The Images: The three spheres of sustainability, and the Sustainability Wheel.