Three Pillars of Sustainability

The 3 pillars of sustainability are:

• Environment, climate change and technology

• economic, environment and society

• economic, climate change and society

• environmental, social and financial

Sustainability is defined as

• meeting our needs now by reducing, reusing and recycling.

• Doing the right thing so that the environment is not damaged

• A series of goals created by the United Nations, known as the SDGs, to help make the planet more sustainable

• meeting our needs without harming the environment, people and the economy, now and in the future.

Another set of words to describe the 3 pillars of sustainability include

• people, profit and planet

• Profit, people and purpose

• planet, profit and potential

• People, planet and pollution

The economic pillar of sustainability is focused on

• The economy

• The amount of money people have

• The ability to use resources in a way that businesses can still continue to use them into the future

• How profitable businesses and government can be

The social pillar of sustainability is focused on

• Society

• The amount of social interaction people have

• The ability to for people to exist in a way that they can continue to live the same way (or better) into the future

• How much healthcare, money and education people can get

The environmental pillar of sustainability is focused on

• The environment

• The amount of natural environment there is

• The ability to for people to interact with the environment to avoid damage and depletion of resources into the future

• How many trees there are in the environment

Which is the least connected to environmental sustainability

• clean water

• air pollution

• depletion of natural resources

• healthcare

Which is the least connected to social sustainability

• care for the elderly

• climate change

• education

• healthcare

Which is the least connected to economic sustainability

• Rise in income levels

• GDP growth

• Public transportation

• poverty gap

What was the world's most sustainable city in 2018?

• Singapore

• Stockholm

• Edinburgh

• London