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
