sustainable communities

My vision of sustainable communities is inspired by the Sustainability Goal in the Final Report of the Environmental Task Force 2000.The Sustainability Goal reads as follows:"The City of Toronto's environment, community and economy should be healthy and vibrant and should meet the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs." (page 18, http://www.toronto.ca/council/etfepfin.pdf)This is inspiring to me because I feel that when our city is healthy and happy then the ripple effect carries into the rest of the province, and even to Canada as a whole.
Equally important and inspiring is that the sustainability goal challenges each of us to move away from the expensive and quick-fix approach - to find solutions that come from innovative thinking, vision and courage.More on this in my next blog.