Sustainability
What
Is Sustainability?
Thriving
people in a livable world. That's what
sustainability is really all about: People
everywhere able to live a quality life without
sacrificing the natural resources that future
generations will depend on.
Understanding
Population and the
Environment
When you
think of conservation, what issues come to
mind: Habitat loss? Energy consumption? Urban
sprawl? How about human population growth?
While it may not be the first on your list, our
growing numbers do underlie many of the
conservation challenges we face today. The SEP
works to raise awareness of this issue and
promote integrated, common sense solutions that
tackle the relationships between resource
conservation and population growth.
Promoting
Sustainable Communities
Community sustainability is about balancing
economic prosperity and population growth with
resource conservation. People in small towns,
large cities and rural areas in the U.S. and
across the world are exploring ways to create
this balance. The SEP works to raise awareness
of how communities can create a more
sustainable future by simultaneously addressing
open space preservation, land use planning,
population growth and economic opportunity.
Click on the title above to read about three
study tours undertaken by League members and
staff that explored sustainable
communities in the Philippines, Northwest
Indiana/Chicago, and Guatemala.