Environmental Sustainability
Aidan McGrady
What is Environmental Sustainability?
In ecology, sustainability is how biological systems remain diverse and productive. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. In more general terms, sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes.
The Problem
Pollution
Waste and Recycling
Political and Economic Factors
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the variety of different types of life found on earth. It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in different ecosystems. This is essential for the survival of all the species because all life in connected and relies on another in some way.
Resource Use
Energy and Climate Change
Goals
Works Cited
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