One would think that the need for sustainability in all the major processes in human life today would not be controversial. But, to get to the heart of the matter, is the term “sustainability” comprehensible universally? What makes sustainability painfully salient is when for each of these economic realities, the threat of future shortages appears real and undeniable. He needs his supply of clean water, he needs reliable labour, he needs knowledge of his industry’s paths of development. To them, sustainability may then be about middle-class stability and generational social mobility; and unsustainability would essentially be an economic phenomenon.
