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A Sustainable
Future for the South West -
The Regional Sustainable
Development Framework
for the South West of England
Click Here to read
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20% in the Red
The US National Academy of Sciences has confirmed what
most people knew already - that humanity has been living
beyond its means for a few decades. Resource consumption
is now at about 120% of its replenishment rate. As
recently as the 1960s we were 'in the black' at 70%. We're
now the wrong side of the so-called point zero of
sustainability.
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Sustainable
development:
what it is and
what you can do
by the Green Ministers
Committee
Click Here To Read
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Visit the UK Governments web site for updated news, facts
and more
Sustainable
Development - The UK's Government Approach
Click Here To Visit
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Local Authorities,
Developers and Regional Bodies
Sustainability
is becoming an increasingly important issue for local
authorities, developers and regional bodies...
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 Local authorities are promoting sustainable development
through LA21, Best Value, community leadership and a duty to
improve community well-being
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Developers are reacting to demands from the local
authorities and regional development agencies (RDAs), and
proactively looking to demonstrate their sustainability
credentials (thus easing the planning process)
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Sustainability is part of the RDAs' legislative duty,
and they are seeking to demonstrate how it is being achieved
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The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has
launched the Sustainable Communities Plan, to enable the
regeneration of key areas in a sustainable manner.
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We
know that the word is a high priority when it comes to
the built environment and we
know that sustainable development is the simple idea of
ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for
future generations.
But do we really know what it means? Can we put it into
context to make it easier to understand? In this section we
consider such aspects and more. 
According to the Government’s own
statistics, around a third of the general public claim to have
heard of the term “sustainable development”. Probe a little
deeper, however, and it quickly becomes obvious that awareness
of the term is no indication of comprehension or action. In
fact, more detailed research suggests that just seven per cent
of people understand what it actually means.
Clear-cut
Forward Thinking - Enter here to get a definition of
sustainability from some of the top experts and organizations
in the UK. This collection of questions will tell you in
layman's terms about this wide and varied subject;
sustainability. 
