SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

Based on the Oxford Dictionaries;

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com

Sustainable means “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level. For example, sustain by conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources.

Community means “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

On my own words, sustainable community means a group of people who practising similar objective in ensuring they are having better life for every well-being as well as for the next generations. Both present and future are taking into account through holistic view that included different aspects. They conserve the culture, social, economic and environment development from any harmful or destruction with wisely distribute so that we and future are equal to having equitably resources while fulfilling the needs of following components. Below is the components that we should concerning in creating a sustainable community.     

Environment (natural environment and man-made environment):
§  Citizens have high awareness and conservation upon natural resources.
§  Everyone is concern the ecosystem with tend to avoid high ecological footprint while protecting biological diversity.
§  Wisely usage on renewable resources with enhances the quality and quantity of resources.
§  Prevent pollution with utilize appropriate technology.
§  High accessible by using high quality service of public transport.
§  Protecting and re-plant carbon sink to warmth micro temperature.
§  Building green infrastructure such as using solar panels.
§  Highly concern the concept green building and maximize passive energy.
§  Create walkable, self-sustaining small town, human scale infrastructure and small pocket park than in a bigger scale.

Social:
§  Everyone is able to have equal access on clean water, air and food while affordable having their own shelter.
§  Citizens are equitable access to public services, education, infrastructure, health treatment services.
§  Improve a better quality of life with the concept all human are equal.
§  Public participation is important in making decision, where applying bottom up approach than the top down approach.
§  Caring and informed residents with leaded by a leader who are responsible, effective and concern about human right of all citizen members.
§  Wisely re-use and recycle solid waste.

Culture (tangible & intangible culture)
§  Practice, protect and appreciate cultural diversity of community; for example, customs, belief, tradition and so on so that it can be maintained for the next and next generations for the future.
§  Do conservation and preservation on existing tangible culture such as buildings, monuments and paintings for next generations.


Economic:
§  Business enhances public interest more than profit.
§  Local community are equitably to access employment opportunities.
§  Maximize of local businessman and investor participation and ownership than a foreign participant.  
§  Effective using local resources and reduce import input.
§  Applying technology that without harming to the environment.