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Poverty + Development

What, really, does ‘sustainable’ mean?

What exactly does the word "sustainable" mean when it comes to development goals?

October 7, 2015
by NPR/

Sustainable, sustainable, sustainable.

Sustainable. Sustainable.

SUSTAINABLE!

Oh, excuse me. I was just counting the number of times the word “sustainable” (and its close cousin, sustainability) appear in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that the U.N. will endorse this coming weekend.

I got 75. And I probably missed a few.

The SDGs, as they’re called, aim to improve life on earth, especially in poor countries — no more extreme poverty, the eradication of “a wide range of diseases,” education and equal rights for all, taking care of the planet.

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