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 Upcoming Event
EarthFest 2008
Friday, April 25, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Admission is FREE.
Planning Playground
Want to learn how to plan towns and cities while protecting and
preserving the environment and natural resources? Want to learn about
careers that will help you directly impact your communities? Visit the
Planning Playground at EarthFest 2008 and explore the planning field,
mapping with technology, and sustainability through fun, interactive
games and projects. The Planning Playground is presented by event host
the Center for Sustainable Communities, the Department of Community
and Regional Planning, the Ambler Campus Sustainability Council, and
the Temple Planning Society.
Rules to Play:
You must visit 3 table activities and earn 3 tickets to win a special
reward.
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What is Sustainability? |
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 By
Dr.
Jeffrey Featherstone
Director, Center for Sustainable Communities
While scholars have debated the nature of sustainability and have
outlined numerous, sometimes ponderous definitions of it, we can
simply accept its basic tenets. In short, sustainability means
protecting and managing our natural resources so they are available
for future generations. It also means that in promoting
sustainability we must give careful and thoughtful consideration to
the environmental, economic, and social aspects of alternative
courses of action so advances in one area do not come at the expense
of the others.
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Featured Research Project |
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Temple –Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative
Visit T-VSSI web site >>
The Center has formed a partnership called
Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative (T-VSSI) with
Villanova University’s Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership (VUSP) to
demonstrate stormwater best management practices (BMPs), to conduct
research and to conduct outreach program focusing on regional
stormwater management. |
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