Explore Your Sustainable Earth

Ever wonder what sustainability means and how it relates to our lives and planet? Use this globe to see the topics, connections, and solutions that inform our sustainable world. Find new ways to get involved and build a better tomorrow.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity includes every living thing from plants to bacteria to animals and humans. Many of these species are declining due to human activities such as deforestation, pollution, habitat destruction, and over-exploitation.

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Conservation
Ecology
Environmental Justice
SDG 14 - Life Below Water

Built Environment

The built environment consists of the physical structures and surroundings that humans construct. It includes houses, roads, subways, stadiums, shopping malls and other structures designed by humans. The built environment affects the natural environment through human activities such as building and demolition, transport infrastructure like highways and railroads as well as urban planning.

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Green Design
Nature
Biophilia
Transportation

Business

Corporate sustainability is an approach aiming to create long-term stakeholder value through the implementation of a business strategy that focuses on the ethical, social, environmental, cultural, and economic dimensions of doing business.

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ESG
Sustainable Supply Chain
B Corporations
Fair Trade

Climate

Climate influences everything from the livelihood of ecosystems to sea levels to cloud cover and even our food systems. Understanding how we’re impacting climate will help us make the changes necessary to support a sustainable Earth.

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Climate Crisis
Agriculture
Ecosytems
Business

Community

It's important in sustainability to build and connect with communities that are geared towards change. While it's important to put pressure on governments and corporations to act on big issues, it's also important to be sustainable in your daily life. This involves fostering harmony, awareness, and intentionality in thought and behavior, which leads to responsible actions and continued growth.

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Personal Sustainability
Education
Culture
Lifestyle

Consumption

Sustainable consumption is all about utilizing products and services in a way that will increase our quality of life while minimizing our impact on the environment. The goal is to reduce our use of natural resources and toxic materials so that we can reduce our carbon footprint, waste and pollution over the lifecycle of a product.

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Sustainable Buying Options
Life Cycle Thinking
Economical and Effective Buying Options
Product Labeling and Green Washing

Energy

The way in which energy is produced, consumed and even transferred can have a negative or positive impact on the environment. By understanding the impact and the alternatives available, we can make more informed decisions and use energy in a way that doesn’t deplete the Earth.

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Energy Consumption
Energy Sources
Transportation
Renewable Energy

Equity

Equity refers to achieving fairness regarding access to environmental resources, bearing environmental burdens, and being involved in decision making regarding the environment.

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Indigenous Rights and Practices
Food Deserts
Policy
Transportation

Food

The global food system has a major impact on the health and vitality of the planet and people. Sustainable solutions are needed to produce, supply and provide equitable access to healthy, clean and sustainable food.

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Diet
Agriculture
Organic
Plant-based

Land

Land systems, which encompass land use, are pivotal to addressing sustainability issues including climate change, biodiversity conservation, equity, sustainable energy, and waste.

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Climate Risks
Nature
Ecosystems
Natural Capital/Resources

Policy

Governments are responsible for creating laws, distributing money, and implementing taxes that help motivate all stakeholders to make sustainable choices. Stakeholders can help shape smart policymaking to drive sustainability forward.

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Subsidies/Grants
Carbon Tax/Cap and Trade
Governmental Agencies
EPA

Solutions

It's been said if a challenge exists, so must a solution. We're facing massive challenges with the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and environmental justice, and must come together to find those solutions and cultivate innovative, powerful ideas.

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Cross-Disiplinary Partnerships
Business Solutions
Climate Solutions
GHG Reporting

Waste

Globally, over 2 billion tons of waste is produced annually. Waste taxes ecosystems, contributes to pollution, produces greenhouse gases, and can negatively impact human health. This has kickstarted research and innovation in this area, but we still have a long way to go.

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Circularity
Materials
Recycling
Zero-Waste

Water

Water is the fundamental ingredient for life on Earth. It is a nonrenewable, finite resource that has become increasingly vulnerable due to climate change and population growth. Solutions are needed to conserve this vital resource.

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Freshwater
Salt Water
Water Conservation
Sea Level Rise