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A Sense of Place in the UK / Sustainability Is More Than Solar Panels - Natural Life Magazine

Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, Sustainabililty, UK, Living Villages, eco development, a sense of place )

Larry
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- 74 days ago - naturallifemagazine.com
The Living Villages model is to build communities of between 35 and 85 houses in clusters of 12. Each cluster is centered on a village green so that neighbors may come together, get to know one another and have a central focal point in which communal acti
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Daniel Barker (30)
Sunday May 11, 2008, 7:52 pm
As NRDC has pointed out, it is not just growth and development - NRDCA has learned even when population has decreased, consumption of petrol has increased due to poor development of communities that are designed for vehicles.

Designing communities for other means of transport is a good first step to ending the madness of dependence on vehicles.

I applaud those communities taking the first step towards a sustainable way of life.
 
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