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Explore sustainable practices to balance resource consumption with ecosystem assimilation in different parts of the city, from housing to transportation and waste management. Learn about green energy options, water sources, food sustainability, and waste recycling methods for a more eco-friendly community. Visit the website for more information.
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Sustainable Development Project Parts of the City – Green Ideas
What is Sustainability? "In a sustainable community, resource consumption is balanced by resources assimilated by the ecosystem. The sustainability of a community is largely determined by the web of resources providing its food, fiber, water, and energy needs and by the ability of natural systems to process its wastes. A community is unsustainable if it consumes resources faster than they can be renewed, produces more wastes than natural systems can process or relies upon distant sources for its basic needs."http://www.oly-wa.us/SustainSouthSound/
Parts of Society Housing Power Water Food Waste Recycling Transportation Recreation Economy City Planner
Housing Single Family homes Duplex Condo/Apartment Townhouses Group homes
Power Plants • Green Energy • Solar Power • Solar Farms • Individual Homes • Good conditions virtually everywhere in the US • Wind • Turbine farms • Individual Homes • Requires 10mph constant wind speed at minimum • Hydroelectric • Requires flowing source of water • Damming is expensive, has upstream ecological consequences • Geothermal • Available 24/7 • Requires a source of groundwater • Biomass • Power from plants • Need lots of arable land
Water Sources Surface Water (rivers, lakes, streams) Groundwater (aquifers) Rainwater Collection Desalinization (Salt water into fresh water)
Food Supply • Local vs. Exotic • Climate dependent • Basic needs are a carbohydrate and a protein source • Squash, corn and legumes (navy, kidney, pinto) • Rice and Soy • Cassava (starchy vegetable) and legumes (lentils, fava and peanuts) • Traditionally meat would supplement the diet • Requires greater land and water use than vegetarian diet
Waste Plant Animal Human Product Composting vs. Dumping Landfills Burning Can provide power, fertilizer, raw materials when properly …
Recycling Plastic, Paper, Aluminum Plant and animal material (Biomass) Building supplies
Transportation Materials, goods, people Roads and Vehicles Transit (Subway, buses, trolleys) People-powered (walking, biking)
Recreation Museums Parks/Forests Lakes Beaches Community Centers Theme Parks