Environmental Sustainability Strips


Environment
Use of nonrenewable resources should be "paid for" through increased renewable resource replacement.

Environment
Rates of use of renewable resources should not exceed the rate of their regeneration.

Environment
Rates of use of nonrenewable resources should not exceed the rate at which sustainable renewable substitutes are developed.

Environment
Rates of pollution emission should not exceed the environment's capacity to counteract it.

Environment
Substances (e.g., styrofoam, food waste) produced by society must not be produced at a rate faster than nature can break them down again.