Eco-City Studio

Links

A variety of links are listed below to provide you with more information about the sustainabiliy strategies used by other towns and cities across the country and world.

 

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Waitakere, New Zealand

United States

Sustainability Principles & Plan (Portland, Oregon)
http://www.portlandonline.com/auditor/index.cfm?c=29141

Sustainability Plan (San Juan Capistrano, California)
http://www.sanjuancapistrano.org/Index.aspx?page=1107

Green City (Pasadena, California)
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/permitcenter/GreenCity/Home_Green.asp

Sustainable Communities Initiative (Austin, Texas)
http://www.cityofaustin.org/sustainable/

Santa Monica Sustainable City Program (Santa Monica, California)
http://www.sustainable.org/casestudies/SIA_PDFs/SIA_california.pdf

PlaNYC2030 (New York, New York)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/html/home/home.shtml

Sustainable Northhampton Plan (Northhampton, Massachusetts)
http://www.northamptonma.gov/aboutNorthampton/Sustainability_Plan/

EcoCity Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio)
http://www.ecocitycleveland.org/

Canada

Fraser Basin, British Columbia
http://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/about_us/vision.html

Sustainability Charter & Plan (Vancouver, British Columbia)
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/sustainability/

Sustainability in Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
http://www.toronto.ca/sustainability/

United Kingdom

Sustainability Charter (Bristol, UK)
http://geochemistry.gly.bris.ac.uk/downloads/BristolSustCharter.pdf

Wolverhampton City, UK http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/environment/land_premises/sustainable/charter/

New Zealand

Waitakere Eco-City (Waitakere, New Zealand)
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/AbtCit/ec/index.asp

Green Network (Waitakere, New Zealand)
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/pw/greennetwk/index.asp

Australia

Environment & Sustainability (Willoughby City, Australia)
http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/content.aspx?PageID=775

Hornsby Shire Council Sustainable Action Committee Charter (Hornsby, Australia)
http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/uploads/documents/Adopted_SACCharter2007.pdf

 

Highlights

Mayor Bob Harvey | Waitakere, New Zealand

Bob Harvey was elected Mayor of Waitakere City in 1992.

For the past 16 years, he has lead Waitakere in the direction of becoming a sustainable city. Mayor Bob was the visionary behind Waitakere City becoming an eco-city in 1993. In 2006, the Waitakere was recognized as the most "livable” city in the world by the United Nations LivCom Awards.

For more information about Waitakere and Mayor Bob, check out the following links:

 

Sustainable Food System | Vancouver, Canada

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The City of Vancouver, British Columbia takes a wholistic approach to creating a truly livable, sustainable city. In July 2003, Vancouver created a Food Action Plan to foster equitable and ecologically sustainable food production, distribution and consumption. And, February 2007, the Mayor and City Council unanimously adopted the Vancouver Food Charter: a pioneering document that promotes education, celebration and projects for a healthy economy, ecology and society.

For more information, check out the following links: