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It is important to have a working definition of sustainability around which multidisciplinary teams can work. A single definition won't do because sustainability is both simple and complex, thus we've found it helpful to define it with a spectrum of definitions as shown above.

 

Sustainable design is a new level of perception, design, and enterprise, based on the recognition that humans are a major part of our planet's processes. Thus our effect on these processes must become more optimal in order to sustain ourselves, other species, and the planet as we know it.