What is a sustainable community?
Although there are many definitions, one might say that the sustainability of a community depends on creating and maintaining its economic and environmental health, promoting social equity and fostering broad-based citizen participation in planning and implementation. Communities with sustainability visions are a collective vision for the future and if they apply an integrated approach to environmental, economic and social goals, they are generally likely to be more succesfull.
Jobs, housing, transportation, energy use, education and health are all part of sustainability communities and their goals. And they are all part of the sustainability system. This system also includes the involvement of more citizens, who have a collective future-vision, develop more principles of sustainability which can benefit the community, develop goals and indicators to measure success, improve transparent communication and celebrate results.
By all means the sustainability process needs continuous improvement, where communities constantly make changes to accomplish their goals. These goals are making the community healthier, safer, greener, more liveable and more prosperous.
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