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What is Sustainable Development?

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. "

-United Nations, Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future, 1987

Rio+20: The Future We Want

Campaign video for Rio+20: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Brazil June 20-22, 2012.

TED Talk: Alex Steffen on a Sustainable Future

TED Talks offers free online videos by leading thinkers on a variety of topics.  A great website to find paper ideas and learn more about a topic.

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