Local Sustainability - News, Trends, Local Sustainability Links
Portal for Sustainability in Washington DC
City Renewed focuses on sustainability issues in DC - Read More
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Topics : Media
ICLEI works with local govts for sustainability
Through its international campaigns and programs, ICLEI works with local governments to generate political awareness of key issues; establish plans of action toward defined, concrete, measurable targets; work toward meeting these targets through the implementation of projects; and evaluate local and cumulative progress toward sustainable development. - Read More
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Topics : Organization
Sustainable tourism - help the locals
If our travel dollars are to help the locals, we should select locally owned hotels, buy locally produced foods, hire resident guides, explore local transportation options etc
Local campaigns for clean energy
The Sierra Club is also working hard on many local campaigns for clean energy. "Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. And our founder, John Muir, appears on the back of the California quarter." - Read More
Topics : Society
Local Agends 21
In 1992, at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders adopted Agenda 21, the global action plan for sustainability, which calls on all countries of the world to undertake a comprehensive process of planning and action to attain sustainability. This document also detailed a role for cities and counties. Chapter 28 of Agenda 21 (known as Local Agenda 21), directs local governments to also undertake such a process. - Read More
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Topics : Energy Events





