1. Sustainability

2. What is sustainable development?
Let’s watch this video to find out!

5. What makes a product sustainable?
It should be available within your location.
You don’t need to use non-renewable resource (i.e. gasoline) in order to get that product.

6. What makes a product sustainable?
It should be biodegradable.
Biodegradation is a chemical process in which materials are dissolved by bacteria or other biological elements.

7. What makes a product sustainable?
It should be biodegradable.
Items that are biodegradable are considered environmentally friendly because they can turn back into elements found in nature.

8. What makes a product sustainable?X
It should be biodegradable. X X
Plastic, metal and glass are examples of materials that are not biodegradable. It can take decades to complete for metals and hundreds of years for plastic bottles.

9. What makes a product sustainable?
It should be biodegradable.
When non-biodegradable materials break down, they release chemicals into soil and water that can be harmful to humans and wildlife.

10. What makes a product sustainable?
It should be non-toxic.
Nontoxic materials are not considered to be harmful or destructive to human health. 

11. What makes a product sustainable?
"Materials Causing
Other Toxic Effects"
Materials Causing Immediate
and Serious Toxic Effects"
It should be non-toxic.
Nontoxic materials are not considered to be harmful or destructive to human health. 

12. What makes a product sustainable?
Its source can be replenished.
A renewable resource is a resource which can be used repeatedly because it is replaced naturally. Examples are: oxygen, fresh water, solar energy, timber, and biomass.

13. What makes a product sustainable?
Its source can be replenished.
Renewable resources may include goods or commodities such as wood, paper and leather, because their sources are renewable.

14. What makes a product sustainable?X
It consumed less energy while it was being produced. X
Less production process is better

15. What makes a product sustainable?
It has recycled content.

16. What makes a product sustainable?
It has recycled content.

17. What makes a product sustainable?
It supports the local economy.

18. What makes a product sustainable?
It supports the local economy.