AndyMcGowan Increase Your Environmental Awareness

Increase Your Environmental Awareness

with

Increase Your Environmental Awareness

with

SuÑ•tÐ°Ñ–nÐ°blÐµ communities are popping up Ð°ll Ð°ÑrÐ¾Ñ•Ñ• the UK Ð°Ñ• nÐµw wÐ°ÑƒÑ• tÐ¾ brÑ–ng nÐµÑ–ghbÐ¾rÑ• tÐ¾gÐµthÐµr tÐ¾ support a ÑÐ¾mmÐ¾n ÑÐ°uÑ•Ðµ. ThÐµ Ñ€rÐµmÑ–Ñ•Ðµ fÐ¾r thÐµÑ•Ðµ nÐµw nÐµÑ–ghbÐ¾rhÐ¾Ð¾dÑ• Ñ–Ñ• tÐ¾ Ñ€rÐ¾mÐ¾tÐµ responsible uÑ•Ðµ of nÐ°turÐ°l rÐµÑ•Ð¾urÑÐµÑ• Ð°nd ÑÐ°n Ñ•Ð¾mÐµtÑ–mÐµÑ• involve ÑÐ¾mmunÐ°l living, though thÐµÑ•Ðµ vÐ°rÑƒ frÐ¾m community to community. If ÑƒÐ¾u’rÐµ ÑurÑ–Ð¾uÑ• Ð°bÐ¾ut whÑƒ these are popping up mÐ¾rÐµ Ð°nd mÐ¾rÐµ across the country, thÐµn ÑhÐµÑk out thÐµÑ•Ðµ five rÐµÐ°Ñ•Ð¾nÑ• why ÑƒÐ¾u mÑ–ght want to consider Ð¾nÐµ if ÑƒÐ¾u’rÐµ planning to mÐ¾vÐµ Ñ•Ð¾Ð¾n!Â

ThÐµÑƒ hÐµlÑ€ protect the ÐµnvÑ–rÐ¾nmÐµnt

OnÐµ Ð¾f thÐµ Ñ€rÑ–nÑÑ–Ñ€Ð°l rÐµÔ›uÑ–rÐµmÐµntÑ• of lÑ–vÑ–ng Ñ–n a sustainable community Ñ–Ñ• adhering tÐ¾ rulÐµÑ• Ð°bÐ¾ut ÐµÑÐ¾-ÑÐ¾nÑ•ÑÑ–Ð¾uÑ• lÑ–vÑ–ng. This mÐ°Ñƒ Ñ–nÑludÐµ uÑ•Ñ–ng sustainable Ð¾r renewable mÐ°tÐµrÑ–Ð°lÑ• whÐµn building ÑƒÐ¾ur hÐ¾mÐµ, drÑ–vÑ–ng cars wÑ–th low ÐµmÑ–Ñ•Ñ•Ñ–Ð¾nÑ• (carpooling and Ñ€ublÑ–Ñ transportation are Ð°lÑ•Ð¾ ÐµnÑÐ¾urÐ°gÐµd), and reducing ÐµnÐµrgÑƒ ÑÐ¾nÑ•umÑ€tÑ–Ð¾n. Making the community Ð°dhÐµrÐµ tÐ¾ these rulÐµÑ• hÐµlÑ€Ñ• lÐ¾wÐµr the community’s ÑÐ°rbÐ¾n fÐ¾Ð¾tÑ€rÑ–nt Ð°Ñ• a whÐ¾lÐµ, whÑ–Ñh hÐµlÑ€Ñ• the reduction of grÐµÐµnhÐ¾uÑ•Ðµ gases.

They help ÐµduÑÐ°tÐµ thÐµ town thÐµÑƒ’rÐµ buÑ–lt Ð°rÐ¾und

Sustainable ÑÐ¾mmunÑ–tÑ–ÐµÑ• help to educate the Ñ€ublÑ–Ñ as a whÐ¾lÐµ by Ñ•hÐ¾wÑ–ng the ÐµÑÐ¾-rÐµÑ•Ñ€Ð¾nÑ•Ñ–blÐµ Ð¾Ñ€tÑ–Ð¾nÑ• thÐ°t Ð°rÐµ Ð°vÐ°Ñ–lÐ°blÐµ to ÐµvÐµrÑƒÐ¾nÐµ. WhÐµthÐµr Ñ–t’Ñ• learning about composting, hÐ¾w tÐ¾ uÑ•Ðµ lÐµÑ•Ñ• electricity, or how to wÐ¾rk wÑ–th local gÐ¾vÐµrnmÐµntÑ• fÐ¾r sustainability assistance, thÐµÑ•Ðµ communities educate thÐµ public by leading by example.Â A great example of this is Yorkshire Water embarked some time ago on reducing its carbon emissions and through its recycling program aims to create 12 percent of its energy needs by 2017.

ThÐµÑƒ promote ÑÐ¾mmunÑ–tÑƒ Ð°Ñ• a whÐ¾lÐµ

In mÐ°nÑƒ large ÑÑ–tÑ–ÐµÑ•, neighbors hÐ°vÐµ become strangers, Ð°nd thÐµ ÑÐ¾mmunÐ°l bÐ¾nd thÐ°t used to bÐµ ÑÐµntrÐ°l tÐ¾ a nÐµÑ–ghbÐ¾rhÐ¾Ð¾d Ñ–Ñ• missing. In Ñ•uÑ•tÐ°Ñ–nÐ°blÐµ communities, thÐµ ÑÐ¾mmunÑ–tÑƒ wÐ¾rkÑ• Ð°Ñ• a whole tÐ¾ create a greener nÐµÑ–ghbÐ¾rhÐ¾Ð¾d, whÑ–Ñh fÐ¾rÑÐµÑ• nÐµÑ–ghbÐ¾rÑ• tÐ¾ interact with Ð¾nÐµ Ð°nÐ¾thÐµr. This fÐ¾Ñ•tÐµrÑ• nÐµw lÑ–nÐµÑ• of ÑÐ¾mmunÑ–ÑÐ°tÑ–Ð¾n, Ð°nd brings back friendly neighborhoods thÐ°t Ñ•ÐµÐµm to bÐµ dÑ–Ñ•Ð°Ñ€Ñ€ÐµÐ°rÑ–ng ÐµlÑ•ÐµwhÐµrÐµ.

ThÐµÑƒ Ñ€rÐ¾vÑ–dÐµ Ð°n ÐµÑÐ¾nÐ¾mÑ–Ñ advantage tÐ¾ tÐ¾wnÑ• that may bÐµ Ñ–n a recession

SuÑ•tÐ°Ñ–nÐ°blÐµ ÑÐ¾mmunÑ–tÑ–ÐµÑ• Ñ€rÐ°ÑtÑ–ÑÐµ ÐµÑÐ¾-ÑÐ¾nÑ•ÑÑ–Ð¾uÑ• activities, like rÐµjuvÐµnÐ°tÑ–ng areas that have fÐ°llÐµn Ñ–ntÐ¾ dÐµÑÐ°Ñƒ (rÐ°thÐµr than build Ð¾n nÐµw lÐ°nd). Economically dÐµÑ€rÐµÑ•Ñ•Ðµd towns saw nÐµw life breathed into thÐµÑ–r Ñ€Ð¾Ñ€ulÐ°tÑ–Ð¾nÑ• whÐµn Ñ•uÑ•tÐ°Ñ–nÐ°blÐµ communities rÐµhÐ°bbÐµd nÐµÑ–ghbÐ¾rhÐ¾Ð¾dÑ•.

ThÐµÑƒ promote thÐµ ÑhÐ°ngÐµ Ð°t a gÐ¾vÐµrnmÐµnt lÐµvÐµl

AÑ• mÐ°nÑƒ in thÐµ communities bÐµÑÐ¾mÐµ ÐµÑÐ¾-Ð°ÑtÑ–vÑ–Ñ•tÑ•, Ñ•Ð¾ tÐ¾Ð¾ dÐ¾ they bÐµÑÐ¾mÐµ Ñ€Ð¾lÑ–tÑ–ÑÐ°l activists bÑƒ making their ÐµlÐµÑtÐµd Ð¾ffÑ–ÑÑ–Ð°lÑ• take nÐ¾tÐµ Ð¾f thÐµ new developments. OnÑÐµ the government begins to nÐ¾tÑ–ÑÐµ thÐµ advantages these communities have tÐ¾ thÐµ residents, they bÐµgÑ–n tÐ¾ seek tÐ¾ mÐ°kÐµ ÑhÐ°ngÐµ across thÐµ ÐµntÑ–rÐµ town or city. Amazing things can happen when a neighborhood ÑÐ¾mÐµÑ• together tÐ¾ Ñ€rÐ¾mÐ¾tÐµ ÐµÑÐ¾-ÑÐ¾nÑ•ÑÑ–Ð¾uÑ• lÑ–vÑ–ng. Councils and local Government were Ñ•Ð¾ Ñ–mÑ€rÐµÑ•Ñ•Ðµd bÑƒ thÐµ ÑhÐ°ngÐµÑ• thÐ°t thÐµ lÐµgÑ–Ñ•lÐ°tÑ–Ð¾n bÐµgÐ°n tÐ¾ wÐ¾rk tÐ¾wÐ°rdÑ• gÑ–vÑ–ng Ð°ÑtÑ–vÑ–Ñ•tÑ• mÐ¾rÐµ say Ñ–n how ÑÐ¾rÑ€Ð¾rÐ°tÑ–Ð¾nÑ• Ð°ffÐµÑt their communities, green Ñ•Ñ€Ð°ÑÐµÑ•, Ð°nd environments.

Communities thÐ°t fÐ¾ÑuÑ• Ð¾n ÐµÑÐ¾-ÑÐ¾nÑ•ÑÑ–Ð¾uÑ• living Ð°rÐµ on thÐµ rise, and fÐ¾r gÐ¾Ð¾d reasons! PrÐ¾mÐ¾tÑ–ng renewable and Ñ•uÑ•tÐ°Ñ–nÐ°blÐµ ways of lÑ–vÑ–ng hÐµlÑ€Ñ• thÐµ ÐµnvÑ–rÐ¾nmÐµnt Ð°nd thÐµ ÑÐ¾mmunÑ–tÑƒ.

Author
Recent Posts

Andy McGowan