Sustainable Communities Network (USA)

The Sustainable Communities Network (SCN) website connects citizens with the resources they need to implement innovative processes and programs to restore the economic, environmental, and social health and vitality of their communties.

Imagine what a safe, livable, healthy community might look like. Around the country citizens are coming together to create a vision of what their community might be and to develop steps toward making these visions come true.

Alternatively called "healthy," livable" or sustainable communities, these efforts are integrative, inclusive and participatory. In many communities -- large and small, rural and urban -- issues are being addressed in an interconnected manner.

They are demonstrating how innovative strategies can produce communities that are more environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially equitable.

This SCN website addresses a wide range of issues related to community sustainability, including:

• creating communities
• smart growth
• growing a sustainable economy
• protecting natural resuorces
• living sustainably
• governing sustainability

Each of these topics provides a portal to related resources, reading, case studies, video and feedback.

In addition, the website gives case studies, resources, links to relevant websites, events calendar, and suggested reading.

Follow this link to the SCN website (opens in a new browser window)

For further information

Contact	:	Sustainable Communities Network
Email	:	info@sustainable.org

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http://www.sustainable.org