With ÒSustainability: A Comprehensive FoundationÓ, first and second-year college students are introduced to this expanding new field, comprehensively exploring the essential concepts from every branch of knowldege Ð including engineering and the applied arts, natural and social sciences, and the humanities. As sustainability is a multi-disciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field.