Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide

Permission granted to use the illustration by: International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)



 
The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide: An Introduction to Sustainable Development Planning
http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/IDRCBookDetails.aspx?PublicationID=308


ICLEI-funded city projects promote “sustainability.” They draw their inspiration from the Rio Earth Summit, the 1992 United Nations environment conference held in Brazil. Communities that adopt Agenda 21 projects get ICLEI’s help in creating “sustainability inventories” and they pass resolutions affirming that they will pursue the “three E’s” of sustainable development:

Environment
Economy
Equality

Their explanation of each of these categories is much different than our real estate development approach which is controlled at the local level within a fragmented industry. They are organized and read on……………………………………more over the next several weeks.

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