What is Sustainability?

There is no doubt that the world today faces an immense problem. Our human expansionist tendencies that hold little to no regard for the environment are finally taking a toll on the earth, and no one around the globe is exempt. That is where the idea of sustainability comes in. While it is true sustainability is a global responsibility, looking it from such an impersonal perspective can ironically downplay the significance it should have for each and every one of us. The diffusion of responsibility that tends to happen in a group of individuals is greatly magnified in a worldwide scale; one can only expect for the effect to be of much greater magnitude in that sense. That said, reconsideration for the meaning of sustainability is necessary. Sustainability is not just a global responsiblity shared by all - it is a personal responsibility the world has in common.