The Sustainable Classroom: A Ideal Learning Environment For Students
This is a link to a site that can give you an idea of a sustainable classroom. It talks about how it was built and what it was made up of.
http://www.ecospacestudios.com/portfolio/schools/
Definition of Sustainability from Wikipedia:
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology the word describes how biological systems remain
diverse and productive over time. Long-lived and healthy
wetlands and
forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. For humans, sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which has ecological, economic, political and cultural dimensions. Sustainability requires the reconciliation of environmental, social equity and economic demands - also referred to as the "three pillars" of sustainability or (the 3 Es).
Healthy ecosystems and
environments are necessary to the survival and flourishing of humans and other organisms. There are a number of major ways of reducing negative human impact. The first of these is
environmental management. This approach is based largely on information gained from
earth science,
environmental science and
conservation biology. The second approach is management of human
consumption of resources, which is based largely on information gained from
economics. A third more recent approach adds cultural and political concerns into the sustainability matrix.
Sustainability interfaces with economics through the social and environmental consequences of economic activity. Sustainability economics involves
ecological economics where social aspects including cultural, health-related and monetary/financial aspects are integrated. Moving towards sustainability is also a social challenge that entails
international and national
law,
urban planning and
transport, local and individual
lifestyles and
ethical consumerism. Ways of living more sustainably can take many forms from reorganising living conditions (e.g.,
ecovillages,
eco-municipalities and
sustainable cities), reappraising economic sectors (
permaculture,
green building,
sustainable agriculture), or work practices (
sustainable architecture), using science to develop new technologies (
green technologies,
renewable energy and sustainable
Fission and
Fusion power), to adjustments in individual
lifestyles that conserve natural resources. Despite the increased popularity of the use of the term "sustainability", the possibility that human societies will achieve environmental sustainability has been, and continues to be, questioned—in light of
environmental degradation,
climate change,
overconsumption, and societies' pursuit of indefinite
economic growth in a
closed system.
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