A report last month from a government committee, the Sustainability Task Force, outlined goals for Hawaii's future.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

I'll then pose some of the questions and the challenges we are facing in the area of access in sustainability.

随后我将提出,在获取稳定这方面,我们所面临的问题和挑战。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

That creates all sorts of social consequences that we'll talk about sustainability, with shipping water long distances, all the plastic involved, people's distrust of public water systems that's unfounded, and things like that are very interesting and have big public health consequences.

这就产生了很多社会问题,比如我们将要谈到的饮水污染问题,饮用水在长途运输的过程中,会受到各种塑料污染,还有人们对公用自来水系统,毫无理由地不信任,类似这些现象都很有趣,而且会导致重大的公共健康后果

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Ms.Chapple-Brown says the school also offers one hundred forty different classes in sustainability and the environment.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

There are probably those of you in the class already who are outraged by things like the modern food environment, how much energy it takes to transport things from place to place, lack of concern with sustainability and issues like this, and you'd like to see social change.

在坐的各位当中可能已经有人,对目前的食品环境感到愤怒,很多能量浪费在食品相关的运输上,忽略了对可持续性的关心等问题,你可能希望社会会有所改变

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William Paddock is founder and director of a business consulting company in Tennessee called WAP Sustainability.

VOA: special.2011.06.03

The report was intended to assess the environmental,economic, and social impact of GE crops on farm sustainability in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Obviously,with a very strong message about fashion and sustainability, we need to be as sensitive to the environment in everything that we do."

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

So what we're learning,so far, is that there isn't any set definition as to what sustainability means."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"But I think also we should consider agriculture, fishing,manufacturing also, which has sustainability for the economy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

"Climate change challenges us all to find a new development paradigm that balances economic growth and long-term prosperity with social progress and ecological sustainability.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Last year alone, colleges and universities across the country created more than 100 major or minor programs in energy,sustainability, environmental studies and other so-called green subjects.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

But we think that the big piece that is missing is the kind of transformation in human culture, away from consumerism towards a culture of sustainability."

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

Sophia is not alone. A recent study by the National Wildlife Federation concludes that although students are increasingly committed to sustainability,universities are not responding in kind.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Not long ago, even top college students would likely have had trouble defining sustainability.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

Kakutani says he hopes the tourists from all over the world who crowd the Pike Place Market will take the shop's new sustainability message back to their hometowns.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"I embarked on the road of sustainability or ethics or biodiversity about five years ago, when I founded a company called Noir I work with 16,000 farmers in Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

And at Arizona State University, sustainability as their major.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

On the other hand Wal-Mart has gone through a tremendous effort over the last couple of years to integrate environmental sustainability into not only its own practices but to force this into the supply chain."

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

"What we have found is that there is great and growing interest in greening the campus operations but what we are not seeing is a high level of interest around integrating sustainability in the classroom,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.08