The EWB Dimensions Of Sustainability

Engineers Without Borders defines sustainability for their international efforts and projects within the context of the following four dimensions:

• Ecological Sustainability - Natural resources are not depleted for short-term improvements.
• Economic Sustainability - Improvements are not dependent on continuing infusions of outside resources.
• Political Sustainability - Changes are consistent with distributions of power in the society.
• Cultural Sustainability - Change must be driven primarily by the community to be consistent with its core values.