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Sustainability In Action Practice GuideWHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? "It is a difficult concept..." "It is just for those environmentalists..." "It is too abstract..." "It doesn’t have any connection with everyday life..." These are some of the comments heard by practitioners working for local sustainability. But sustainability is not difficult to understand, since it affects everyone’s everyday life. Sustainability is the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. For local government sustainability is the long-term social, economic and environmental well being of our communities. This is a goal which Councils and their partners are actively working for through their Community Plans and Local Agenda 21 strategies. Local Agenda 21 is the local strategy for sustainability, which contributes to national and global sustainability as required by Agenda 21, the international programme for sustainability. All Scotland’s Councils have prepared their Local Agenda 21 strategies. The Community Plan is the overarching strategy for an area, reflecting the role of local authorities in providing community leadership. To demonstrate that sustainability is achievable, COSLA and the Sustainable Scotland Network (a network of sustainability practitioners in Scotland) have put together this Practice Guide – Sustainability in Action. This guide aims to demonstrate that sustainability matters to all of us and that much good work is already happening. A lot has been done, a lot more needs doing. This practice guide will help to dispel the myth that sustainability is too difficult to achieve. It shows that up and down Scotland people are working in very practical ways for sustainability. Whether they are reclaiming brown field sites, slashing energy use in promoting better working practices, establishing new uses for sheep wool as an insulation material, they are all ways of turning the concept of sustainability into practical action on the ground. The Practice Guide contains many examples from all over Scotland, helping to fulfil its four key purposes, namely: This Guide will be updated at regular intervals Sustainability In Action Practice Guide Further information Contact: Robert Nicol , Policy Officer, COSLA Tel: 0131 474 9241 |
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