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Sustainable communities are communities planned, built or modified to promote sustainable living. They tend to focus on environmental sustainability (including development and agriculture) and economic sustainability. Sustainable communities can focus on sustainable urban infrastructure and/or sustainable municipal infrastructure. (Photo: Flickr)

Articles about Sustainable Communities

  • Dockside Green scores big ... again

    Tue, Mar 01 2011 at 9:45 AM

    Balance, the second residential phase of Dockside Green in Victoria, B.C., achieves the highest LEED score on record. Well, almost ... it's a tie with Synergy, the first phase of this super-sustainable community.

  • The 13-year-old tree ambassador

    Wed, Feb 23 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Video: Felix Finkbeiner wants a million trees planted in every country in the world.

  • Grandparents gone wild: BOOM to break ground in 2012

    Wed, Feb 16 2011 at 7:05 PM

    The jaw-dropping plans for BOOM, a $2.5 million, 100-acre eco-utopia for the elderly outside of Palm Springs, are revealed. And visiting your grandparents will never be the same again.

  • 7 affordable green starter homes

    Thu, Jan 27 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Who doesn’t love to feast their eyes on a spectacular green home? Unfortunately, many are impractical in design or cost. But don't despair: More builders are offering green homes that won’t send you into bankruptcy.

  • The green-eyed monastery: 5 heavenly eco-escapes on Earth

    Tue, Jan 11 2011 at 5:15 AM

    Catholic communes aren't the best vacation spot for everyone, but if you're serious about solitude and sustainability, the monastic life can be a godsend.

  • 'Trash is Cash:' Kenyan kids rap about a green revolution

    Thu, Jan 06 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Video: A group of kids who grew up around Nairobi's slums create an award-wining rap about how recycling can create a new green economy.

  • Homeowners in the U.K. pay a premium for nature

    Thu, Dec 02 2010 at 1:07 PM

    Instead of shelling out a yearly fee for access to an on-site swimming pool or clubhouse, residents of the Portbury Wharf housing development in the U.K. are helping to fund an adjacent nature reserve.

  • World Toilet Day?

    Wed, Nov 17 2010 at 2:00 PM

    Yes, and it's Nov. 19. It's the brainchild of a nonprofit that wants to raise awareness of a global sanitation problem.

  • Sneak peek of the Philly Homegrown Tour

    Wed, Nov 17 2010 at 10:52 AM

    City Food Tours has a delicious new walking tour dedicated to showcasing local foods.

  • Sustainable Cities Institute lends Charleston and Fayetteville a helping hand

    Wed, Nov 10 2010 at 5:58 PM

    Affordable housing in Charleston, S.C., and Fayetteville, Ark., is due to get a big, green boost with the announcement that they've been chosen as pilot cities in the Sustainable Cities Institute's City Program.

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