(this is one of many FAQ files found at Terry) You hear sustainability mentioned everywhere these days, but what does it actually mean? In 1983 Norwegian Prime-Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland was commissioned by the United Nations to undertake a study into “sustainable development”. The study entitled “Our Common Future” was published in 1987. It has been referred to more popularly as “The Brundtland Report”. It is in this report that the most agreed upon definition of sustainability can be found. “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet…