Throughout the Hudson Valley, communities are starting to grapple with strategies for socially responsible economic development in the context of a protected and restored environment.

Nationally, too -- from tiny villages to sizeable states -- planning for (more) sustainable development is taking root as a practical, and necessary, undertaking. These web links were compiled by our friends at Action for Tomorrow’s Environment in Westchester County, and reflect a broad spectrum of useful approaches. State, County and Local Sustainability Initiatives

STATES

Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sustainable Design Roundtable

Minnesota
Minnesota Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development

New Jersey
New Jersey Sustainable State Goals and Indicators
Update to the Sustainable State Project

Oregon
Sustainable Living Project

Vermont
Vermont Sustainable Agriculture Council
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

CITIES AND COUNTIES

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sustainable Pittsburgh website
Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Sustainability Report

San Francisco City and County, California
San Francisco City and County Commission on the Environment Precautionary Principle Report
Office of the Mayor's Clean and Green Report

Tompkins County, New York
Sustainable Tompkins (County) organization website

Santa Monica, California
Sustainable City plan
City of Santa Monica Environmental Programs Division

New York City
Office of Sustainable Design

Portland, Oregon
City of Portland, Office of Sustainable Development

Seattle, Washington
Seattle Office of Sustainability and Development
Sustainable Seattle organization website

Orange County, North Carolina
Report on Sustainable Community for Orange County

Burlington, Vermont
Creating Sustainable Communities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Sustainability roundtable

Newburgh, New York
Sustainable Master Plan initiative

Oberlin, Ohio
City's ecological design statement

Chicago, Illinois
City of Chicago Green Buildings Green Roofs project

Austin, Texas
Sustainable Building Sourcebook

Fort Collins, Colorado
City Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sustainable Building Technical Manual

Brookline, Massachusetts
Local Action Plan on Climate Change

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Climate Protection Initiatives