Thirst Quenchers

What is sustainability?

Sustainability is living today in a way that doesn't harm the environment so that people in the future are able to live in the world in the way that we have done. A good way of showing this is to think of a 3-legged stool.

For a 3-legged stool to stand up, it needs all three legs. For example, if you make a drink that uses local products and is reasonably priced but tastes horrible, you will not achieve sustainability. But if you made a drink that has low food miles, environmentally friendly packaging, tastes good and is reasonably priced, you will have a sustainable product.

In making your drink you are going to need to achieve three main objectives:

• It must be a drink that people will like
• It must be sold at a price that would make money
• It must do as little damage to the environment as possible.

Which of these is the sustainable drink?

1. Low food miles, reasonably priced, tastes good, environmentally damaging packaging.
2. Fruit from across the globe, expensive to buy, tastes awful, environmentally friendly packaging.
3. Low food miles, reasonably priced, tastes good, environmentally friendly packaging.