Persuasive Essay On Sustainability

The name sustainability is derived from the Latin sustinere (tenere, to hold; sub, up). Sustain can mean “maintain”, “support”, or “endure”. There are many ways to define sustainability, but many will define sustainability as the “capacity to endure; it is how biological systems remain diverse and productive indefinitely. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems” (Sustainability). To sum all that information up in general terms, sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes. Sustainability can also be defined as a socioecological process characterized by the pursuit of a common ideal. While an ideal is by definition “unattainable in a given time/space but endlessly approachable and it is this endless pursuit what builds in sustainability in the process” (Sustainability). There are multiple factors that go into a healthy environment which is

This couple is in the process of creating a technology and has actually already sold a trail run project to a local council. “Imagine driving your car out of the garage and what you see is not the usual dark grey asphalt but a street of blue-green hexagonal tiles, with lane markings and traffic signs lit up by embedded LED bulbs” (Wang). Julie and Scott Brusaw, started this project eight years ago. The idea of this project is to build a roadway that was total made up out of solar cells. They have started a fundraising campaign to help the afford the materials, and to hire engineers which will help improve the design and eventually bring “Solar Roadways” to the roads. With the campaign their goal was to reach one million dollars, and after a few months they surpasses that initial goal and is closing in on two million dollars now. “We need to tweak the design and look for a better way to manufacture them,” said Scott Brusaw. “We’ve made the panels by hand”