What is Sustainability?

"Sustainability is a concept with as much transformative potential as justice, liberty, and equality."

Michael Crow
President
Arizona State University

"Sustainability is larger than one person, one company, or one country. Its scope, scale, and importance demand unprecedented and swift solutions to environmental protection and other complex problems."

Julie Ann Wrigley
President and Chief Executive Officer
Julie Ann Wrigley Foundation

"Living in harmony with our social and natural environment, based on a sense of justice and equity."

Sander van der Leeuw
Dean
School of Sustainability

"Sustainability is a process that engages every discipline to provide dynamic solutions to complex issues."

Brian McCollow
Student
School of Sustainability

"Sustainability is an awareness of the connectivity of the world and the implications of our actions. It is finding solutions through innovative approaches, expanding future options by practicing environmental stewardship, building governance institutions that continually learn, and instilling values that promote justice."

Charles L. Redman
Professor
School of Sustainability

"Promoting human prosperity and well-being for all, while protecting and enhancing the earth's life support systems."

Board of Directors for Sustainability at ASU