Outline of sustainability

See also: Index of sustainability articles

Venn diagram of sustainable development: at the confluence of three constituent parts

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sustainability:

Sustainability – capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of stewardship and responsible resource management.

Essence of sustainability

See also: Sustainability

• Environmentalism
• Environmental ethics
• Planetary boundaries
• Sustainable development
• Sustainability science
• Sustainability accounting
• Sustainability governance
• Sustainability education

Taxonomy

Sustainability is divided into two main branches: sustainability science and sustainability governance. Each of these branches is divided into a number of subfields:

Sub-fields of sustainability science

See also: Sustainability science

• Environmental impact assessment
• Environmental psychology
• Environmental philosophy
• Environmental law
• Sustainability measurement

Sub-fields of sustainability governance

See also: Sustainability governance

Sustainable packaging – molded pulp uses recycled newsprint to form package components. Here, researchers are molding packaging from straw.

• Economic sector:
  • Circular economy
  • Environmental impact of aviation
  • Green infrastructure
  • Steady-state economy
  • Sustainable art
  • Sustainable advertising
  • Sustainable architecture
    • New Classical Architecture
  • Sustainable business
  • Sustainable fashion
  • Sustainable industries
    • Hannover Principles
  • Sustainable landscape architecture
  • Sustainable packaging
  • Sustainable procurement
  • Sustainable tourism
  • Sustainable transport
• Political
• Organizational
  • Fisheries management
  • Sustainable forest management
  • Sustainable city
    • New Urbanism
    • Eco-cities
    • Sustainable urban infrastructure
    • Sustainable urban drainage systems
    • Sustainable urban planning
    • Sustainable urbanism
  • Sustainable community
    • Sustainable Communities Plan
  • Sustainability reporting
  • Urban reforestation
  • Urban forest
  • Urban forestry
  • Urban green space
  • Urban vitality
• Activity
  • Sustainable design
  • Sustainable living
  • Sustainable yield

Related disciplines

• Conservation biology
• Ecological humanities
• Environmental biotechnology
• Environmental chemistry
• Environmental design
• Environmental economics
• Environmental engineering
• Environmental ethics
• Environmental history
• Environmental law
• Environmental psychology
• Environmental science
• Environmental sociology
• Green politics

Biodiversity

Coral reefs are amongst the most diverse ecosystems on earth.

see also: Biodiversity

• Biosecurity
• Ecosystem services
• Ecosystem-based management
• Ecosystem management
• Endangered species
• Holocene extinction event
• Invasive species
• Nature conservation

Levels of biological organisation

• Biosphere
• Biome

Politics of sustainability

• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• International reports and agreements
  • United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972)
  • Brundtlandt Commission Report, 1983
    • Our Common Future, 1987
  • Earth Summit (1992)
  • Agenda 21 (1992)
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
  • ICPD Programme of Action (1994)
  • Earth Charter
  • Millennium Declaration (2000)
  • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)
• Politics of global warming
  • Climate change policy of the United States
  • Climate change in China

Population control

Population control

• Birth control
• Carrying capacity
• Family planning
• Human overpopulation
• Sustainable population
• Unintended pregnancy
• Zero population growth

Environmental technology

Main article: Environmental technology

Sustainable urban design and innovation: Photovoltaic ombrière SUDI is an autonomous and mobile station that replenishes energy for electric vehicles using solar energy.

• Bright green environmentalism
• Sustainable energy
• Sustainable sanitation

• Renewable energy
  • Biofuel
  • Biomass
  • Geothermal energy
  • Geothermal heating
  • Geothermal power
  • Hydroelectricity
  • Marine energy
  • Marine current power
  • Ocean thermal energy conversion
  • Solar energy
  • Solar panel
  • Tidal barrage
  • Tidal power
  • Tidal stream generator
  • Wave power
  • Wind power
    • Offshore wind power
  • Wind turbine
    • Floating wind turbine
    • Small wind turbine

Energy conservation

Main article: Energy conservation

• Building-integrated photovoltaics
• Carbon footprint
• Efficient energy use
• Emissions trading
• Energy descent
• Energy recovery
• Energy storage
• Energy-plus building
• Green building
• Green computing
• Heat recovery steam generator
• Heat recovery ventilation
• List of low-energy building techniques
• Low-energy house
• Passive house
• Passive solar building design
• Peak oil
• Renewable energy (see above)
• Renewable heat
• Rooftop solar power
• Thermal efficiency
• Zero-energy building

Over consumption

See also: Over-consumption

• Anti-consumerism
• Circular economy
• Circular fashion
• Durable good
• Ecological footprint
• Environmental impact of fashion
• Ethical consumerism
• Fast fashion
• Planned obsolescence
• Throw-away society
• Tragedy of the commons
• Micro-sustainability

Food

Urban horticulture – Salad lettuce cultivation at the Growing Communities‘ urban plot, in Springfield Park, Clapton, North London

See also: Food sustainability

• Cultured meat
• Food security
• Local food
• Permaculture
• Sustainable agriculture
• Sustainable gardening
• Sustainable fisheries
• Urban horticulture

Water

See also: Water sustainability

• Water conservation
• Water crisis
• Water efficiency
• Water footprint
• Water heat recycling
• Water recycling shower

Materials

Recycling and rubbish bin in a German railway station

• Industrial ecology
• Pallet crafts
• Rechargeable battery
• Reclaimed lumber
• Recycling
  • Bottle recycling
  • Timber recycling
• Remanufacturing
• Repurposing
• Reuse
  • Reuse of bottles
• Upcycling
• Waste
• Zero waste
  • Zero-waste fashion

Sustainability organizations

• Association of Environmental Professionals

Sustainability publications

• Sustainability (journal)

Sustainability advocates

• Category:Sustainability advocates

Transport

• Bicycle-friendly
• Cyclability
• Cycling advocacy
• Cycling infrastructure
• Externalities of cars
• Green transport hierarchy
• Health and environmental effects of transport
• Pedestrian village
• Sustainable transport
• Walkability
• Walking audit
• Walking city

See also

Sustainability lists

• List of climate change topics
• List of conservation issues
• List of conservation topics
• List of environmental agreements
• List of environmental health hazards
• List of environmental issues
• List of environmental organizations
• Lists of environmental topics
• List of environmental studies topics
• List of global sustainability statistics

Sustainability glossaries

• Glossary of climate change
• Glossary of environmental science