The Peace Portal: Sustainable Solutions
This topic area will provide articles on long terms sustainable solutions for agricultural, economics, energy use, and peaceful community practices.
Generally speaking, 
ACTIVITIES ARE SUSTAINABLE WHEN THEY:
1 - use naturally renewable resources in continuous cycles.
2 - use continuously reliable sources of energy.
3 - approach life with the finest qualities of being human
(i.e. creativity, communication, coordination, appreciation, and spiritual and intellectual development.)
2 - use continuously reliable sources of energy.
3 - approach life with the finest qualities of being human
(i.e. creativity, communication, coordination, appreciation, and spiritual and intellectual development.)

ACTIVITIES ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE WHEN THEY:
1 - require continual inputs of non-renewable resources.
2 - use renewable resources faster than their rate of renewal.
3 - cause cumulative degradation of the environment.
4 - require resources in quantities that could never be available for people everywhere.
5 - lead to the extinction of other life forms.




