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The word sustainable has an interesting and rich background. Its roots are found in many different cultures, dating back to before the year 1300.
One of the most common root words is the latin word,
tenere, which means to hold up, endure, support, and sustain. Here is a list of
some of the common definitions of sustainable. By reading the definitions, you can gain deeper insight into the different dimensions of sustainable change.
The definitions include:
- Capable of holding up, keeping up, maintaining
- Ability to continue in a certain state; preserving a level or standard
- Capable of enduring without failure; capable of withstanding the forces of criticism
- Capability to undergo hardship, loss, sorrow, death; bearing expense
- Ability to be patient and strong
- Capable of maintaining a tenet or belief held to be true
- Capable of making the passage through several successive stages over a long period; maintaining full force through the entire
length
- Ability to keep a person or community, the mind, spirit, etc. from failing or giving
way
- Ability to providing sustenance, nourishment, and support
- Capability to be a ground or basis for
- Quantity that can be periodically harvested from a crop without depleting it in the long
term
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