Browse Content: Project, conservation and natural resources

Starksboro, Vermont is working to balance a growing population with a rural lifestyle. The Art & Soul project used storytelling and a series of community arts projects to engage citizens and identify common values that can guide planning decisions.

Like all cities, Columbus, OH, needs to reduce waste of resources and improve air and water quality. In 2005, Columbus launched GetGreen Columbus, a multifaceted initiative to coordinate sustainability efforts throughout the city.

Conservationists and advocates in the Borderlands area of RI and CT are stressing the need to “reinvent the village.” These towns are absorbing new growth while conserving and enhancing the natural amenities that make this region unique.

(PARK)ing Day is an annual one-day global event during which community members transform parking spaces and parking lots into temporary parks and public spaces.

In south-central New Hampshire, regional planners used the 3I (three infrastructures) approach to simultaneously plan for the I-93 Corridor's built, green, and social infrastructures.

The Energize Clinton County Project grew out of a citizen movement to broaden participation in economic development, and rebuild the damaged rust-belt local economy in Clinton County, Ohio through sustainability.

SUSTAINABLE JERSEY ™ is a certification program for municipalities in New Jersey that want to go green, save money, and take steps to sustain their quality of life over the long term.

The Malpai Borderlands Group works to conserve land, protect the environment, protect the ranching lifestyle and enhance the local economy through collaborations of ranchers, conservationists, government and scientists.

The Washoe County Comprehensive Plan includes twelve individual plans with the goal of articulating and enhancing the unique character of their respective communities. Some have even incorporated character directly into planning maps and ordinances.

Citizens, elected officials and government employees came together for an Appreciative Inquiry process in a region devastated by wildfires and facing extreme population growth.