The Manager's Instant Guide to Sustainability

Sustainability helps create a balance among three major sectors of your community: social, economic, and environmental

Sustainability received its official start in 1987 when the international report Our Common Future (known as the “Bruntland Report”) outlined the notion that economic development should occur in such a way that natural resources are carefully used to ensure that our communities have sufficient resources and capital to meet current needs while at the same time protecting the long-term needs of future generations.

Sustainability is an approach to protecting natural resources, supporting human welfare, and creating economic development by which communities can become—and remain—healthy, safe, and vital places to live.