When thinking about sustainable communities i'm reminded of a community i'd done research on in the past Totnes in England. It is a 'Transition Town' that aims to act as a catalyst for change in a world where we rely heavily on unsustainable methods of living and production. Their intiative to create a new economy and a sustainable lifestyle have been a success
"Six years on, the Transition initiative, which attempts to provide a blueprint for communities to enable them to make the change from a life dependent on oil to one that functions without, seems to me one of the most viable and sensible plans we have for modern society. I write this on the day it is announced that the UK economy shrank by a "shock" 0.5% in the last quarter of 2010. Everyone is blaming the weather. Hopkins isn't. Neither is he particularly shocked." (Siegle 2011)
It is important to consider all aspects of the way we function in communities if I am to design a completely self contained community.
References
Siegle, L. 2011. "Totnes: Britain's town of the future". Accessed August 20, 2012. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/06/totnes-transition-towns-ethical-living.
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