Sustainable development means

A. utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources.
B. improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future.
C. continued growth indefinitely as long as it can be paid off.
D. providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing.


Answer: B

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