Sustainability, in a broad sense is the ability to maintain a certain process or state. It is now most frequently used in connection with biological and human systems. In an ecological context, sustainability can be defined as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain ecological processes, functions, biodiversity and productivity into the future.
Sustainability has become a complex term that can be applied to almost every facet of life on Earth and is expressed in human organization concepts, such as; eco-municipalities, sustainable cities, and human activities and disciplines, such as; sustainable architecture and renewable energy.[Source: Wikipedia]
ICT offers an enormous potential for bridging information spaces and stimulate environmental services in Europe. [Source: ICT work programme]
Sustainability is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 under the following challenges/ objectives:
> Challenge 1:Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures
Objective ICT-2011.1.2 Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering
> Challenge 7: ICT for the Enterprise and Manufacturing
