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BUILDING
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES Building
sustainable communities means renewing persons and institutions to move toward
shalom--a vision of peace, prosperity, health, and safety for all. Sustainable
communities are communities where *
dialogue, conversation and learning form the model for interaction *
nature provides the model for operations *
economic, social and ecological justice are the norms *
resources are used in a way that assures continued availability for future
generations *
women and men of different races and cultures live side by side in peace,
respect one another and participate actively in the institutions and governance
of the community *
legal and legislative institutions move beyond adversarial positioning where
those with *
the arts are a vibrant part of community life *
the air, is clean, the water pure and the ground fertile *
open space is abundant *
all persons who desire are employed in meaningful work with livable wages *
all persons have access to higher education, holistic health care, adequate
shelter and food *
money is reinvested in the community *
businesses create no waste and have zero discharge of pollutants into the air,
water or ground, are actively involved with the community in a variety of ways,
reinvest profits *
institutions and voluntary associations are committed to maintaining and
promoting Andy
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