How to Choose Sustainable Products for Your Home
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What is sustainability?
These days everything from trash bags to whole communities is labeled as "sustainable." What does that really mean? The essence of the term sustainable is "that which can be maintained over time." On a larger scale, the United Nations' World Commission on Environment and Development defined "sustainable development" as development that "meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."