Outline of sustainability

See also: Index of sustainability articles

Overview of and topical guide to sustainability

Venn diagram of sustainable development:
at the confluence of three constituent parts

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sustainability:

Sustainability - capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of stewardship and responsible resource management.

## Essence of sustainability

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See also: Sustainability

* Environmentalism
* Environmental ethics
* Planetary boundaries
* Sustainable development
* Sustainability science
* Sustainability accounting
* Sustainability governance
* Sustainability education

## Taxonomy

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Sustainability is divided into two main branches: sustainability science and sustainability governance. Each of these branches is divided into a number of subfields:

### Sub-fields of sustainability science

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See also: Sustainability science

* Environmental impact assessment
* Environmental psychology
* Environmental philosophy
* Environmental law
* Sustainability measurement

### Sub-fields of sustainability governance

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See also: Sustainability governance

Sustainable packaging – molded pulp uses recycled newsprint to form package components. Here, researchers are molding packaging from straw.

* Economic sector:
* Circular economy
* Steady-state economy
* Sustainable art
* Sustainable advertising
* Sustainable architecture
* New Classical Architecture
* Sustainable business
* Sustainable fashion
* Sustainable industries
* Hannover Principles
* Sustainable landscape architecture
* Sustainable packaging
* Sustainable procurement
* Sustainable tourism
* Sustainable transport
* Political
* Organizational
* Fisheries management
* Sustainable forest management
* Sustainable city
* New Urbanism
* Eco-cities
* Sustainable urban infrastructure
* Sustainable urban drainage systems
* Sustainable urban planning
* Sustainable community
* Sustainable Communities Plan
* Sustainability reporting
* Activity
* Sustainable design
* Sustainable living
* Sustainable yield

### Related disciplines

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* Conservation biology
* Ecological humanities
* Environmental biotechnology
* Environmental chemistry
* Environmental design
* Environmental economics
* Environmental engineering
* Environmental ethics
* Environmental history
* Environmental law
* Environmental psychology
* Environmental science
* Environmental sociology
* Green politics

## Biodiversity

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Coral reefs are amongst the most diverse ecosystems on earth.

see also: Biodiversity

* Biosecurity
* Ecosystem services
* Ecosystem-based management
* Ecosystem management
* Endangered species
* Holocene extinction event
* Invasive species
* Nature conservation

### Levels of biological organisation

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* Biosphere
* Biome

## Politics of sustainability

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* Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
* International reports and agreements
* United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972)
* Brundtlandt Commission Report, 1983
* Our Common Future, 1987
* Earth Summit (1992)
* Agenda 21 (1992)
* Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
* ICPD Programme of Action (1994)
* Earth Charter
* Millennium Declaration (2000)
* Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)
* Politics of global warming
* Climate change policy of the United States
* Climate change in China

## Population control

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Population control

* Birth control
* Carrying capacity
* Family planning
* Human overpopulation
* Sustainable population
* Unintended pregnancy
* Zero population growth

## Environmental technology

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Sustainable urban design and innovation: Photovoltaic ombrière SUDI is an autonomous and mobile station that replenishes energy for electric vehicles using solar energy.

See also: Environmental technology

* Sustainable energy
* Sustainable sanitation

* Renewable energy
* Biofuel
* Biomass
* Geothermal power
* Hydroelectricity
* Solar energy
* Tidal power
* Wave power
* Wind power

### Energy conservation

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See also: Energy conservation

* Carbon footprint
* Emissions trading
* Energy descent
* Peak oil
* Renewable energy (see above)

### Over consumption

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See also: Over-consumption

* Anti-consumerism
* Ecological footprint
* Ethical consumerism
* Tragedy of the commons
* Micro-sustainability

### Food

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Urban horticulture – Salad lettuce cultivation at the Growing Communities‘ urban plot, in Springfield Park, Clapton, North London

See also: Food sustainability

* Food security
* Local food
* Permaculture
* Sustainable agriculture
* Sustainable gardening
* Sustainable fisheries
* Urban horticulture

### Water

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See also: Water sustainability

* Water footprint
* Water crisis
* Water efficiency
* Water conservation

### Materials

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Recycling and rubbish bin in a German railway station

* Industrial ecology
* Recycling
* Waste
* Zero waste

## Sustainability organizations

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* Association of Environmental Professionals

## Sustainability publications

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Sustainability (journal)

## Sustainability advocates

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* Category:Sustainability advocates

## See also

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* Renewable energy portal

Sustainability lists

* List of climate change topics
* List of conservation issues
* List of conservation topics
* List of environmental agreements
* List of environmental health hazards
* List of environmental issues
* List of environmental organizations
* Lists of environmental topics
* List of environmental studies topics
* List of global sustainability statistics

Sustainability glossaries

* Glossary of climate change
* Glossary of environmental science

## References

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sustainability at Wikipedia's sister projects

* Definitions from Wiktionary
* Media from Commons
* News from Wikinews
* Quotations from Wikiquote
* Texts from Wikisource
* Textbooks from Wikibooks
* Resources from Wikiversity

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Sustainability

* Outline
* Index

Principles|

* Anthropocene
* Environmentalism
* Global governance
* Human impact on the environment
* Planetary boundaries
* Development

Consumption|

* Anthropization
* Anti-consumerism
* Circular economy
* Durable good
* Earth Overshoot Day
* Ecological footprint
* Ethical
* Green consumption
* Micro-sustainability
* Over-consumption
* Product stewardship
* Simple living
* Social return on investment
* Steady-state economy
* Sustainability
* Advertising
* Brand
* Marketing myopia
* Sustainable
* Consumer behaviour
* Market
* Systemic change resistance
* Tragedy of the commons

World population|

* Control
* Demographic transition
* Dependency ratio
* List
* Family planning
* Intergenerational equity
* Population ageing
* Sustainable population

Technology|

* Appropriate
* Environmental technology
* Natural building
* Sustainable architecture
* Sustainable design
* Sustainable industries
* Sustainable packaging

Biodiversity|

* Biosecurity
* Biosphere
* Conservation biology
* Endangered species
* Holocene extinction
* Invasive species

Energy|

* Carbon footprint
* Renewable energy
* Sustainable energy

Food|

* Civic agriculture
* Climate-smart agriculture
* Community-supported agriculture
* Cultured meat
* Sustainable agriculture
* Sustainable diet
* Sustainable fishery

Water|

* Air well (condenser)
* Bioretention
* Bioswale
* Blue roof
* Catchwater
* Constructed wetland
* Detention basin
* Dew pond
* Footprint
* Hydroelectricity
* Hydropower
* Infiltration basin
* Irrigation tank
* Marine energy
* Micro hydro
* Ocean thermal energy conversion
* Pico hydro
* Rain garden
* Rainwater harvesting
* Rainwater tank
* Reclaimed water
* Retention basin
* Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity
* Scarcity
* Security
* Small hydro
* Sustainable drainage system
* Tidal power
* Tidal stream generator
* Tree box filter
* Water conservation
* Water heat recycling
* Water recycling shower
* Water-sensitive urban design

Accountability|

* Corporate environmental responsibility
* Corporate social responsibility
* Environmental accounting
* Environmental full-cost accounting
* Environmental planning
* Generational accounting
* Sustainability
* Accounting
* Measurement
* Metrics and indices
* Reporting
* Standards and certification
* Sustainable yield

Economic|

* Debt Sustainability Analysis
* Fiscal sustainability

Applications|

* Advertising
* Art
* Business
* City
* Cultural sustainability
* Climate finance
* Community
* Disinvestment
* Eco-capitalism
* Eco-cities
* Eco-investing
* Eco-socialism
* Ecovillage
* Environmental finance
* Green economy
* Construction
* Fashion
* Finance
* Gardening
* Geopark
* Green
* Development
* Infrastructure
* Marketing
* Green roof
* Greening
* Impact investing
* Landscape
* Livelihood
* Living
* Market
* Organic movement
* Organizations
* Procurement
* Refurbishment
* Socially responsible business
* Socially responsible marketing
* Sanitation
* Sourcing
* Space
* Sustainability organization
* Tourism
* Transport
* Urban drainage systems
* Urban infrastructure

Sustainable management|

* Environmental
* Fisheries
* Forest
* Humanistic capitalism
* Landscape
* Materials
* Natural resource
* Planetary
* Recycling
* Waste

Agreements and
conferences|

* UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972)
* Brundtlandt Commission Report (1983)
* Our Common Future (1987)
* Earth Summit (1992)
* Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)
* Agenda 21 (1992)
* Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
* Lisbon Principles (1997)
* Earth Charter (2000)
* UN Millennium Declaration (2000)
* Earth Summit 2002 (Rio+10, Johannesburg)
* UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, 2012)
* Sustainable Development Goals (2015)
* UNESCO MONDIACULT conferences

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