What is The Definition of Being a Sustainable Person?

First, let’s try and define sustainability in a more general sense. To be sustainable means that the methods of your conduct and survival should be able to be repeatable without endangering the process in which you live. This means that it both has to be sustainable for your physical, mental, and even your moral/spiritual needs – but it also must be done in a way that does not comprise future generations’ ability to survive and thrive themselves. Simply put, sustainable living must either contribute or at the very least be at par with, the number of resources you consume versus the resources you leave/produce.

Sustainability can be broken down into three pillars, which are not exclusive to each other and are usually interconnected:

Environment: The global responsibility to the environment is to reduce harmful effects and even positively increase the health of the ecological environment. Your responsibility is the same. Examples include recycling, planting trees, limiting emissions, reducing the amount of water wasted, and producing less landfill waste.

Economy: Global responsibility for a sustainable economy extends to every single person, whether CEO or entry-level. While the media often portrays this as a company’s disregard for the environment, it can include other things such as sustainable tools, sustainable resource development and usage, and not exploiting profits and individuals.

Social: Social sustainability is the most difficult to define, as it is hard for the legal system to catch up. Globally, we are not all legally responsible for one another, but morally we are. This means helping to end social injustices and issues such as hunger, poverty, or even smaller-scale actions such as helping others with their mental health.