Sustainable Planning and Development
Chris Pertell
ENV230
Dr. Nicole Minor
April, 10, 2012

Sustainable Planning and Development
My goal is to design a community that is able to live sustainable and self sufficiently. I will take into consideration all of the fundamental aspects: food, water, energy, sewage, solid waste, and transportation. To design a sustainable community, one must use green alternative methods and use renewable sources.
Sustainability should be a process of planned change and learning. To have a sustainable community, there must be sustainable relationships between people; also people need a relationship with the environment. Societies through managed learning should be able to adapt to feedback, improve decision making by sharing information, communication, and understanding (Sustainable, 2012).
When building the community, I would use recycled materials. By reusing materials that would have been thrown away, I will be saving trees that would have been cut down to build. Another way we can contribute to a green community is by buying products deemed environmentally friendly. If we look for products which are friendlier to our environment through the production of the product and the use of the product, it will help us live in a green community. In this community we would recycle what we can and reuse what we are able to. This would not take any extra money. In most cases it will save us money, or we will earn money, I would tell people, if you don’t need your cell phone, electronic devices, etc., anymore, don’t throw them away. They can be recycled and reused. This will be an important theme in the community, reduction, reuse, and recycle.
To integrate the principles of sustainability and self-sufficiency into the design of the community is very important. One of the most important elements in the community would be the use