when did the term sustainability start to be used
1987
title: Sustainable development text: William Flynn Martin, David Dodson Gray, and Elizabeth Gray prepared the hearings under the Chairmanship of Congressman John Dingell. In 1980 the International Union for the Conservation of Nature published a world conservation strategy that included one of the first references to sustainable development as a global priority and introduced the term "sustainable development". Two years later, the United Nations World Charter for Nature raised five principles of conservation by which human conduct affecting nature is to be guided and judged. In 1987 the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development released the report "Our Common Future", commonly called title: Sustainability text: to be, questioned—in light of environmental degradation, climate change, overconsumption, population growth and societies' pursuit of unlimited economic growth in a closed system. The name sustainability is derived from the Latin "sustinere" ("tenere", to hold; "sub", under). "Sustain" can mean "maintain", "support", or "endure". Since the 1980s "sustainability" has been used more in the sense of human sustainability on planet Earth and this has resulted in the most widely quoted definition of sustainability as a part of the concept "sustainable development", that of the Brundtland Commission of the United Nations on March 20, 1987: "sustainable development is development that meets title: Walter Lynn text: Walter Lynn Walter Lynn (born Valdimir Royal Lynn; 1 October 1928 – 6 June 2011) was a distinguished professor at Cornell University for most of his academic career. As a civil engineer he was interested in water-quality issues, he was at the forefront of environmental studies. According to one obituary, he coined the term "sustainability." Born in New York City and raised in Florida, Lynn earned a B.S. in civil engineering at University of Miami (1950), M.S. in sanitary engineering at University of North Carolina (1954), and a PhD at Northwestern University (1963). He joined the Cornell faculty in 1961. title: Brundtland Commission text: chosen due to her strong background in the sciences and public health. The Brundtland Commission officially dissolved in December 1987 after releasing "Our Common Future", also known as the "Brundtland Report", in October 1987. The document popularized (and defined) the term "Sustainable Development". "Our Common Future" won the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in 1991. The organization Center for Our Common Future was started in April 1988 to take the place of the Commission. Ten years after the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, a number of global environmental challenges had clearly not been adequately addressed. In several title: Walter Lynn text: from 2002 to 2008. Obituaries for Lynn appeared in the "Ithaca Journal", "Cornell Daily Sun", and "Cornell Chronicle". Walter Lynn Walter Lynn (born Valdimir Royal Lynn; 1 October 1928 – 6 June 2011) was a distinguished professor at Cornell University for most of his academic career. As a civil engineer he was interested in water-quality issues, he was at the forefront of environmental studies. According to one obituary, he coined the term "sustainability." Born in New York City and raised in Florida, Lynn earned a B.S. in civil engineering at University of Miami (1950), M.S. in sanitary engineering at University