Benefits
Local Sustainable Development – The Benefits
Imagine that your neighbourhood is one where:
... crime rates are falling
... there are comfortable homes
... energy comes from a local, independent sources and you a fair price for the energy you need
... you can get to what you need without having to have a car
... there’s a school where children enjoy learning and get the skills they need for the future
... very little is wasted and very little gets thrown away
... has pleasant shared public spaces to meet neighbours
... you and your neighbours have what you need
... people enjoy living there.
And you feel part of that neighbourhood, part of the community that’s making all these good things happen. You help decide what happens there.
If you want a community like this, then taking sustainable development seriously at the local level can bring those advantages, and more.
Sustainable development is different development – it’s moving forwards but without paying an unacceptable price by destroying the world’s resources, or becoming too far removed from the people around us.
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