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What does sustainability mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sustainability? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The ability to sustain something.
  2. (ecology) A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations.
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Its aim was to help such countries to acquire technology and sustainability by reforming their institutions and improving their competitiveness.
Existing industries also are suffering due to goods damaged in transit, therefore affecting their competitiveness and long-term sustainability.
Hundreds of cities around the nation have climbed onto the sustainability bandwagon.
Sharply declining tobacco marketing quotas raise questions about the sustainability of that program.
It's operated on the belief that the white hats can be spotted by their exemplary policies and programs and sustainability reports.
Human harvesting of shellfish has raised concerns over ecosystem sustainability.

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