User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/Global Goals: Why We're Telling Everyone/@comment-18172179-20150925224033/@comment-5558012-20150925235521

Sustainability - development which meets present needs without compromising future generations to achieve their own needs and aspirations. If the economy grows, there will be a day when future generations cannot meet their needs at the same level as the previous generation -> finite resources (also noted above). Economic growth can be sustainable, just not in the long term. Another factor that can be controlled with population control. A more neutral population can create a more neutral economy that can transition into a more sustainable one.

Regardless, there have been two ideologies on this matter for some time. Some belief society can achieve sustainability without society impeding economic grow while the other side believes society cannot achieve sustainability without a fundamental change in modes of production.