What does the term "sustainable" mean to you?

Hi Sondra Meyer: To me sustainability would be something that can be used without being used up! If that makes any sense. Happy Friday!

Hi Sondra - I gave up on that S word a long time ago, since people tends to make it mean what they want it to. I'll go with ecologically and economically sane practices that take the long run into consideration. Have a great weekend!

I have two thoughts in this area Sondra, one from a strength of mine and one a philosophical point on life. Before I begin on that with regard to farms I think second and third generation farms are probably harder to "sustain" as the next generation with a faster pace of life might want to MOVE and do some other career path and the farm gets sold to the big corporate types or to just the stranger outside the family farmer. To me sustainability is maintaining at a certain level ANYTHING. With my strength of consistency in so many things I fault myself holding others to this bulldog holding on to a bone who won't let go concept. I have high expectations and probably impose them on others that do not have that strength. It is true in work, goals, fitness, communication, love, many areas. The philosophy of life part is "everything is temporary." Even a consistent person could change, get tired, have new interests, get sick and feeble, and die. I highly value time being sustainable in my area of consistency, cause I know nothing is guaranteed and view everything I come in contact with as precious to me. Sorry for my Zen moment LOL, but I was on a roll. Consistently wordy probably. I sustain storage servers at blog companies holding up all this text : )

Hey, stranger! Thought I'd pop by as I've been meaning to for eons....

Sustainable businesses are not often created by real estate agents. This could become a blog series for you.

Super observation.  Having built a sustainable home in  Colorado years ago I think that it means creating what you need to sustain yourself such as water collection, solar and wind power, gardens, and raising your own meats etc.  

For me it means being able to move along in life without using up all of the available resources. Keeping the use and what's available at equal levels. I know this term get used in so many different ways these days. 

Happy New Year to you, Sondra. 

I hope this is a really great year for you. 

Sondra we have different meanings for it here in California:)) keep in mind we all look at the world from our own myopic perspective so I am with Dick Greenberg  not worth it:)) Happy New Year and may your business be sustainable and prosperous at the same time:))))Endre

Stainable would have to be a generational builder. What's the word? Cumulative. You would need to build on everything progressively

Endre Barath, Jr. I feel like California with the drought has a unique perspective really unlike anywhere else in the market

Good Thursday morning, Sondra. It is good to see that you are blogging again.

Have an outstanding year!