The market place is moving in the direction of standardized rating systems for sustainability. From materials to projects, systems have been developed that rate your activities in the context of various sustainability attributes.
Envision is an example of one such system. From their website:
"Envision™ provides a holistic framework for evaluating and rating the community, environmental, and economic benefits of all types and sizes of infrastructure projects. It evaluates, grades, and gives recognition to infrastructure projects that use transformational, collaborative approaches to assess the sustainability indicators over the course of the project's life cycle."
Rating systems will undoubtedly play a key role in our sustainability future. But so will a common and collective language and definition regarding the notion of what it means to be sustainable. Let's start with a common definition - - narrowing down 100 ways to define sustainability is probably a good starting point.
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