Sustainability, in a broad sense, is the ability to maintain a certain process or state. eg, 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. The intention of sustainable design is to "eliminate negative environmental impact completely through skillful, sensitive design". Manifestations of sustainable designs require no non-renewable resources, impact on the environment minimally, and relate people with the natural environment. heres an example on sustainability on the use of new media and communication technologies to promote social sustainability and cultural enrichment for location-based communities
sustainable design?
sustainable design is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment and services to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability.
The intention of sustainable design is to "eliminate negative environmental impact completely through skillful, sensitive design". Manifestations of sustainable designs require no non-renewable resources, impact on the environment minimally, and relate people with the natural environment.

http://mobile.mit.edu/en/ridelink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability http://viswiki.com/en/Sustainable_design (heaps of videos on sustainable design)
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