Coconut Creek, Florida, has created a City Green Plan addressing sustainability in seven key areas: Water, Waste Reduction, Transportation, Climate Change, Energy, Urban Nature, and Urban Design. The City Green Plan will be implemented through a series of action steps over a 10-year time frame with an emphasis on community involvement. The first annual status report will be available to the public in October 2010. For more information and to see a copy of the plan, click here.
Santa Clarita Launches New Green Website
This year, Santa Clarita took another step toward establishing itself as a leader in sustainability by launching a new website: www.greensantaclarita.com.
When Sustainable Community Efforts Backfire
Here is a model of what not to do. Read this article about failed "smart growth" comprehensive planning efforts in Picayune, MS. If this example teaches one thing, it's that pre-selling and education is critical to any sustainable community planning effort. Thrusting a plan on a community without it ends up...well, read the article.
San Francisco's has a new city law requiring residents to compost food waste. While not the first to impose such a law, San Francisco is leading the way by mandating that all residents, businesses, restaurants and multidwelling units compost waste.
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