Sustainability in Action: Profiles of Community Initiatives Across the United211 States (Revised 1998)

摘要

This compendium of initiatives, a few of the many outstanding efforts around the211u001ecountry, is intended to address these questions. They demonstrate the diversity 211u001eand breadth of approaches that communities are using to promote economic health, 211u001eenvironmental quality, and social equity. Collectively they illustrate the 211u001evarying dimensions of sustainability and the interrelatedness of community 211u001eissues. They offer new perspectives that are participatory, long-term, and often 211u001edriven by a common community vision. These 51 reviews, from each state and the 211u001eDistrict of Columbia, provide examples of solutions at work in communities around 211u001ethe country. Where the problems or issues are similar, often the approach is 211u001evastly different. Many, however, contain common elements such as comprehensive 211u001eand participatory planning, visioning processes, integrative approaches, and 211u001ecollaborations among citizens, businesses, public agencies, and nonprofit 211u001eorganizations. The stories are rural and urban, local and regional, and encompass 211u001ea variety of issues from job creation to community democracy. Project sponsors 211u001evary from nonprofits to businesses to local governments. Many of the initiatives 211u001ehave sustainable development as a stated goal, while others do not use the term 211u001eexplicitly.