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Lesson 6 Sustainability Planning
Term | Definition |
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Sustainable Development | Balancing the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the environment so that the present and future populations needs an be met |
Triple Bottom Line | Corporate profit, people and planet Three P's aim to measure the financial, social and environmental performance of the corporation over a period of time |
John Elkington | Coined the term "Triple Bottom Line" in 1994 He argues that companies should be preparing three different bottom lines, corporate profit, people, and planet |
Carrying Capacity | Biological concept indicating the maximum population size of the species that could be sustained in perpetuity within the environment, given the availability of food, water, habitat, etc. |
James Buchanan | Former US secretary & first used the term carrying capacity in 1845 |
Ian McHarg | Wrote about the concept of carrying capacity in his book Design with Nature |