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Sustainability
Solutions for Your Today and Your Children’s Tomorrow
These days the focus of a city or county’s push to “go green” is often global warming. Ultimately these efforts link back to the original concept of sustainability -- about planning for the long-term environmental, social and economic vitality of communities.
When you install energy-efficient lighting in office buildings and on every street corner, you’ll save energy and money for years to come. Map out easy routes where people can walk or bike to work, school and the store, and you help transform lifestyles and improve air quality. Invest in job training programs that support the green economy, while alleviating poverty and pollution.
Sustainability is not just part of our organization’s name. It’s the essence of what we do. Local governments have a tremendous opportunity to shape the way our communities look and feel, how we interact as neighbors, and what opportunities are made available.
Many have accepted the responsibility to outline a vision of solutions that we put to work today and that will still work for future generation. At ICLEI we support the work of local governments as they strive to build sustainable communities. 
Learn more about the STAR Community Index, the cornerstone of ICLEI USA’s sustainability work.
Coming
soon: A Sustainability Planning Toolkit to help local governments across the country develop
their own long-term sustainability plans based on the internationally
acclaimed PlaNYC. Learn more.
Find out about ICLEI Global’s sustainability work.
Read some of the Success Stories from around the country.
