Sustainable Communities

Recipe for sustainability• Renewable energy

• Sustainable transport

• Reusing and recycling

• Local products

• Green spaces and trees

Mix all ingredients and arrange as required!

Ideas – Ecocity Builders

• Solar and wind power

• Local products

• Natural habitat

• Work near home

• Reuse, recycle

Ideas – Lilypad City• Solar power

• Growing food

• Collecting rainwater

• Entertainment

• Green spaces

• Flood resistant

Plans – Rioja Eco-city, Spain

• Wind and solar energy

• Reusing ‘grey’ water

• Green roofs

• Research centre for green tech

Plans – Dongtan, China• All energy made in city

• Recycling all waste

• All water collected in city

• Electric public transport

• Cycling

Plans – Gwanggyo, Korea• Mimics natural hills & lake

• Low energy

• Low water use

• Entertainment

• Work near home

Projects – Bedzed, UK

• Low energy• Solar power• Wood heating• Work near home• Cycling• Public transport• Electric cars• Rainwater

collection

Projects – Tinkers Bubble, UK

• Solar and wind power

• Home grown food• Horse power• Wood heating• Work near

home• Low impact

housing

Recipe for sustainability• Renewable energy

• Sustainable transport

• Reusing and recycling

• Local products

• Green spaces and trees

Mix all ingredients and arrange as required!

Show us your vision of how life could be in an eco community of the future.

Make your vision into a big poster including pictures and a name for the community. Also include a written explanation of the eco features and how community needs are looked after.

The best posters win prizes! Make sure to write your names and the school name on the back.

Be as creative as you like! Some of the things you could include and make sustainable are:

Competition to design anEco Community

housestravel

energyshops

schools

jobsfun

foodsocialising

Community needs

• Food, shelter, clothes• Living in a safe and secure place

• Friends and family

• Respect and sense of achievement• Fun and fulfillment