Sustainability implies addressing our own necessities without compromising the capacity of future generations to meet their own requirements. Along with natural resources, we need social and economic resources. Sustainability isn't simply environmentalism.
There are 3 pillars of sustainability:
Environmental- All of earth’s ecological systems are kept in equilibrium while natural resources within them are used by people at a rate where they can renew themselves.
Social- Widespread basic freedoms and fundamental necessities are feasible by all individuals, who have access to enough resources altogether to keep their families and networks sound and secure.
Economic- Communities across the globe can maintain their independence and have access to the resources that they require, financial and other, to meet their needs.
When people hear sustainability, they are quick to associate it with fast fashion, but it is that and more. Personally, when I hear sustainability, I think of balance. Let's look at the textbook definition of Sustainability, "the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level", which means being at an equal stage. There are many advantages to sustainability, both long term, and short term. Such as clean air and nontoxic air conditions, the development of resources that can be depended upon, water quality, and neatness.
We can't keep up with the Earth's biological systems or keep on working as we do if more sustainable decisions are not made. It's almost certain we will run out of fossil fuels, many animal species will face extinction, and the state of the atmosphere will be irreversibly damaged.
Many of which we are sadly seeing now.
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