Moving towards sustainable built environments, in my opinion, should not be taken lightly. Personal lifestyle changes such as recycling paper and commuting to work on public transit (if these opions are available) are a definate step in the right direction. Applied by large groups of people, these types of changes can have a real and positive impact on the environment.
However, I think that governmental leadership with long term planning and initiatives will be required to help move society towards a more sustainable model. I belive that the types of changes needed must come in the form of rules and regulions on building and land use, energy stategies, incentives and education.
But how do we go about accomplishing this? That is not an easy question, and I don't think that there are easy answers. However, I have some thoughts on practices that I feel we're doing correctly but in limited capacity now, and if applied on a larger scale could very much help to reduce our impact on the environemnt and lead towards true sustainability.
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