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Sustainable living might be defined as a Lifestyle that could, hypothetically, be sustained without exhausting any Natural Resource s. The term can be applied to individuals or Societies . Its adherents most often hold true sustainability as a goal or guide, and make lifestyle tradeoffs favoring Sustainability . Most often these tradeoffs involve Transport , Housing , Energy , and Diet . Lester R. Brown concisely summarizes the situation as "sustaining progress depends on shifting from a Fossil Fuel -based, Automobile -centered, economy to a Renewable Energy -based, diversified transport, reuse/recycle economy". Sustainable living is a sub-division of Sustainability where the prerequisites of a modern, industrialized society are left unexercised by choice for a variety of reasons. The practices and motives overlap somewhat between the movements. Sustainable living in urban areas requires a Sustainable Urban Infrastructure . Self-sufficiency is the principle of consuming only those things produced by oneself or one's family. It is generally a stricter lifestyle than a sustainable lifestyle in that an effort is made to limit trade with others regardless of the sustainability of such trade. Permaculture is a design philosophy that emphasises sustainability in land use and Landscaping , as well as fields such as Architecture and Economics (for example, encouraging the spread of Local Exchange Trading System s (LETS)). In terms of agriculture, food production and building materials, permaculture emphasises use of well-adapted plant materials that require few inputs, especially Tree s, Hemp , and other edible and useful Perennials . Some people are opposed to furthering mechanization and technology in society for any reason. Adherents of sustainable living, in contrast, are willing to accept Appropriate Technology . HISTORY Henry David Thoreau 's work '' Walden '' represents the earliest literature that specifically addresses the sustainable lifestyle in Simple Living . The Luddites raised issues of appropriate technology as early as the 1800s. The publication of '' Living The Good Life '' by Helen Nearing ( 1904 – 1995 ) and Scott Nearing ( 1883 – 1983 ) in 1954 is the modern-day beginning of the sustainability movement. The book fostered the Back To The Land movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s . As the back-to-the-landers realized the difficulty of copying the Nearings' lifestyle, they returned to more conventional lifestyles yet incorporated self-sufficiency where they could. The publication of '' Silent Spring '' by Rachel Carson in 1962 was another major milestone in the sustainability movement, as well as the writings of American essayist, novelist and farmer, Wendell Berry . In 1972, Donella Meadows wrote the international bestselling book The Limits To Growth , which reported on a study of long-term global trends in population, economics, and the environment. It sold millions of copies and was translated into 28 languages. E. F. Schumacher published a collection of essays on shifting towards sustainable living through the appropriate use of technology in his book '' Small Is Beautiful '' in 1973 . SEE ALSO
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