This document discusses concepts related to sustainability including carrying capacity, sustainability, and different related terms like green, eco-friendly, sustainable, ethical, fair trade, clean, organic, non-toxic, and conscious. It defines each term and provides examples. Developing sustainability is important to protect resources, provide for basic human needs, accommodate development while controlling climate change and pollution, and conserve biodiversity and energy to sustain life for future generations in the face of a growing global population.

1. Developing Sustainability
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3. Carrying
Capacity
• Carrying capacity can be
defined as a species’ average
population size in a
particular habitat. The
species population size is
limited by environmental
factors like adequate food,
shelter, water, and mates. If
these needs are not met, the
population will decrease
until the resource rebounds.
• Sustainability is the capacity
to endure. In ecology the
word describes how
biological systems remain
diverse and productive over
time. For humans it is the
potential for long-term
maintenance of well being,
which in turn depends on
the maintenance of the
natural world and natural
resources.

4. What’s the Difference Between
Green, Sustainable, Eco-Friendly,
Ethical, Fair Trade, Clean, Organic,
Non-Toxic, and Conscious?

5. Green
• The term “green” is commonly used to apply to
almost anything related to or benefitting the
planet, including growing plants naturally,
buildings that use more natural light, and clothing
made from natural fibers rather than man-made.
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6. Eco-friendly
Eco-friendly means a product or a
practice that does not harm the planet.
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7. Sustainable
• Sustainability means that an
item or an action is generating
social and economic benefits,
while not using up too many
resources or causing pollution.
• Something is sustainable
when it does not compromise
the ability of future
generations to meet their
needs.
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8. Ethical trade
• The ethical trade movement refers
to the working conditions of workers
who produce clothes, toys, food, and
other products for multinational
companies, as well as how well they
are paid for their work. It is a broad
term that is not certified or precisely
defined, but it’s still quite useful for
describing in general the type of
products you want to buy.
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9. Fair Trade
• The Fair Trade Movement protects coffee,
cocoa and tea producers from low international
prices. This is a precisely defined term that only
comes with certification from an international
governing body, such as Fair Trade Certified, the
Fair Trade Federation, Equal Exchange, or the
World Fair Trade Organization.
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10. Clean
• Clean implies ingredients — natural or synthetic — that are not harmful
to your health. Nontoxic products are free from ingredients that can harm
your health or the environment.
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11. Organic
• The USDA certifies certain
food, beauty products, and
other agricultural products as
being produced in a very
specific way – mainly, as free
from synthetic chemicals that
are harmful to the
environment and humans.
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12. Non-Toxic
Nontoxic products are free from
ingredients that can harm your
health or the environment.
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13. Conscious Consumer
• The term conscious refers to
consumer awareness and high
standards regarding health
and environment. The
conscious consumer knows
how to read labels and will,
most likely, spend extra
money on a product that is
organic, sustainable, or
animal-friendly.
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15. Why is developing
sustainability so
important?
• Protect technological resources
• Provide basic human needs
• Accommodate city development
• Control climate change
• Control pollution
• Sustain biodiversity
• Conserve energy
• Prevent waste
Sustainability is defined by our reliance upon
infinitely available resources that are
naturally occurring, constant and free to
access. These factors mean that these
resources will be indefinitely accessible by
humans, which makes them sustainable
resources.
The United Nations predicts that by 2100
there will be 10 billion people living on the
planet. This is one good reason that
sustainable development is so important.
Some things that sustainable ecology can do
are: