Environmental sustainability is the ability to maintain the qualities
that are valued in the physical environment. For example, most people
want to sustain (maintain):
- human life
- the capabilities that the natural environment has to maintain the living conditions for people and other species (eg. clean water and air, a suitable climate)
- the aspects of the environment that produce renewable resources such as water, timber, fish, solar energy
- the functioning of society, despite non-renewable resource depletion
- the quality of life for all people, the livability and beauty of the environment
From: What is Environmental Sustainability?, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Victoria, 2006
When applied to computers and telecommunications, ICT Environmental sustainability is commonly referred to as "Green ICT", "Green IT" or "Green computing".Last modified: Monday, 20 August 2007, 09:17 AM