Global growth has come at the expense of unsustainable environmental degradation and potentially catastrophic climate change.
Hoekstra, A. Y. & Wiedmann, T. O. Humanity's unsustainable environmental footprint.
In the present unsustainable environmental condition natural fibers are serving better material in terms of biodegradability, low cost, high strength and corrosion resistance when compared to conventional materials.
Historically, however, cheap goods have often reflected careless and unsustainable environmental practices — clear-cutting entire forests, for instance, which is cheaper than selective logging.
Climate change is exacerbating an already unsustainable environmental situation in many countries, leading to increased human impact from disasters and affecting the ability of many countries to achieve their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly with respect to MDG7 (environmental sustainability).
Unsustainable farming methods are depleting soil nutrients significantly faster than they can be replenished.
[Associated Press] Whole Foods says it will no longer sell seafood that is "red-rated" — that is, caught in overfished waters or through unsustainable fishing methods.
But, to do that, we need to move away from the "All You Can Eat Seafood Buffet" and sushi models of eating which feature unsustainable fish and unsustainable fishing methods.
On a new episode of our VICELAND series 'RISE,' we meet the Apache tribe defending its land from unsustainable mining methods.
But if I hadn't stayed in business, I never would have realized the parallel between Patagonia's unsustainable methods and that of our whole industrial economy.
In July this year Gibraltar dropped concrete blocks into the bay off its coast, to make fishing by unsustainable methods more difficult, and therefore encourage sea life.
