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Underlining the council's commitment to sustainable
development is the aim to create thriving, vibrant, sustainable
communities which will improve everyone's quality of life. To make
this a reality everyone involved in the community should have the
opportunity to help make it a place where people want to live and
work now and in the future. By forming partnerships with non
government organisations, businesses, and community groups, the
council encourages them, and helps them to encourage others, to
become more sustainable.
Wellington Local Agenda 21 Group
This voluntary community group has been promoting sustainable
development in Wellington since May 2000. Supported by the council,
the group are responsible for a range of successful projects and
initiatives which aim to address global and local environmental,
social and economic issues. You can find details of all the group's
projects and events on their
website.
Environment Partnership
A number of organisations involved in the protection,
enhancement and wise use of the local and global environment have
come together to form an
Environment Partnership.
Building Sustainable Communities
New commercial and residential developments are essential to the
prosperity and growth of the borough. To create new sustainable
communities, the partnerships that design and build these
developments are strongly encouraged to follow the principles of
sustainable development and environmentally sustainable
construction. This may include attainment of environmental
accreditation e.g. BREEAM, designing for biodiversity,
incorporating Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS),
sustainable construction practices, facilitating waste minimisation
and recycling, minimising car use, etc.
Examples of recent developments incorporating such aspects can be
found at East Ketley, Lawley and
Redhill. |