The amount that any value exceeds its intended measure. In sustainability terms, overshoot is often the amount a variable (such as a measure of environmental impact) exceeds what is intended or thought to be healthy or acceptable. Overshoots can be positive but are usually used to convey negative impacts of human or business activity.
Alternatively, The point where human consumption and waste production exceed nature’s capacity to create new resources and absorb waste.
The conversion of material from one or more products into a new product, involving a change in the inherent properties of the material itself (often a degradation in quality). For...
In regards to food (both plant and animal) and other agricultural products (such as cotton), a term describing the absence of pesticides, hormones, synthetic fertilizers and other...
The act of consuming something in excess of its ability to be renewed.