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Sustainable Cities
Economy
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"Economic sustainability aims to improve the standard of living. In the context of business, it refers to the efficient use of assets to maintain company profitability over time". -RMIT University
Budget savings on expenditures including cost of water, energy, and infrastructure development and maintenance.
Health
Production, processing, packaging, and transportation of food is highly dependent on the use of fossil fuels and chemical fertilizers
13 million deaths annually and nearly a quarter of all disease worldwide are due to environmental causes that could be avoided or prevented.
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Ecological Footprint
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Humans use as much ecological resources as if we lived on 1.6 Earths. The Ecological Footprint is the only metric that compares the resource demand of individuals, governments, and businesses against what Earth can renew
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth can renew during the entire year
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The Energy Pyramid
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Bottom Tier: Energy Conservation: behavior and the actions that we can take every day to reduce energy use at work and at home
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OUR IMPACTS
When you turn on an incandescent light bulb, only 10% of the electricity used is turned into light
In the United States, more than 40 percent of municipal solid waste is paper -- about 71.8 tons a year.
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