What is Sustainability?

Sustainability Simplified
At its core, sustainability means meeting today’s needs without compromising tomorrow’s. But the word can take on different meanings depending on how you look at it:

• Environmental: Protecting natural systems like air, water, soil, and biodiversity.
  
  

• Social: Building fair, healthy, and resilient communities.
  
  

• Economic: Creating systems that are efficient, equitable, and long-lasting.
  
  

Environmental science helps us see the bigger picture. it studies how all these systems connect. It’s like a balance act: if one part of the system tips (like overusing resources or neglecting social needs), the whole structure becomes unstable. True sustainability happens when environmental, social, and economic systems support each other in harmony.