Malmo, Sweden has become the hub of green living and innovation. It is the third largest city and

Sustainable cities are an ecosystem with not many environmental issues. Some of the issues that are not present within a sustainable city are air pollution, mass population and excessive water and energy usage. A sustainable city does not have a negative impact on the environment. It has a small ecological footprint, which is the impact of a person or community on the environment. It would also have a lot of greenery, meaning a lot of vegetation and use renewable energy, solar panels and wind energy.

Urban sustainability is the idea that an urban area can be organised without excessive reliance on the surrounding countryside and be able to power itself with renewable sources of energy. The aim of this is to create the smallest possible environmental footprint and to produce the lowest quantity of pollution possible, to efficiently use land, compost used materials, recycle it or convert waste-to-energy, and to make the urban area overall contribution to climate change minimal. Therefore allowing the next generations and future generations to have the required resources without compromising them. However sustainably needs to focus also on other issues such as crime and economic factors.

This manifesto proposes an approach to sustainable design that I am interested in exploring during my time studying architecture. The idea of sustainability is a complex one, not without apparent contradictions. This makes it difficult to define in a wholly satisfactory manner. For the purposes of this manifesto I will advert to the definition proposed by Jason McLennan who asserts that sustainable design: “seeks to maximize the quality of the built environment, while minimizing or eliminating negative impact to the natural environment.” I find this definition particularly useful in the emphasis which it places on quality. By quality, in this

GREENER - Improve Scotland's natural and built environment and the sustainable use and enjoyment of it.” Scottish government (2007)

The three pillars are environmental, social and economically sustainability. However in this report, environmental sustainability will be brought to light, the two other pillars will be trivial. In order for environmental sustainability to be defined, general sustainability must be defined. Sustainability is the ability to continue a defined behaviour indefinitely (Thwink.org, 2015). For the environment, there are three aspects which must be sustained for, renewable resources, non-renewable resources and pollution. Therefore, environmental sustainability is the degree of pollution emission, renewable resource production and non-renewable resource consumption that can be continued indefinitely for future use. CAROBN

Furthermore, the Town House (O) is a sustainable environmental design project illustrating the relationship between human well-being, the welfare of the future generations and the natural world, through regeneration, the

We visited the Dasiy brook farm where Murray Brooker briefed us about biodynamic and ethical farming. His thinking approach towards soil regeneration and not using chemicals was quite fascinating. To me his thing is based on love of nature, affection and respect for both cattle’s and customers who are buying the meat, which is best ethical practice and behaviour as a cattle farmer. The next stop was at the “Richards Avocado farm”. His story and experience is all about being resilient. He used to be certified biodynamic farmer but he lost his certification due to pests. Being part of a resilient community takes a lot of courage and personal resilience, so Richard kept on working and survived, besides he still have certified veggies and avocados are still selling in the market. The next stop was at wetland Education centre done in collaboration with “Green Energy Inc.” and agriculture collage. It was an awesome experience, wetland is very well-managed and maintained. The next stop was Demark Tip Shop, most of the reusable stuff is sorted and recycled here and then sold. It is an excellent waste management approach creating job opportunities for a regional economy. Our visit to Denmark Environment Centre was very appealing to me. At first its location in CBD area and around market looks awesome and secondly, building itself looks very symbolic and futuristic due to its

What do sustainable cities and communities look like? They are economically, environmentally, socially healthy and resilient. It should meet its challenges through integrated solutions rather than through disintegrated approaches that meets a goal at the expense of others. A sustainable city or community takes long-term perspectives that are focused on both the present and future and lasts well beyond the next budget or election cycle. It manages

The second article is about a town in Sweden that decided to go all out for a eco friendly sustainable town. Much like the Pearl District, Hammarby Sjöstad was built in an old unused industrial area of Stockholm. This city, which is home to about 20,000 residents used many of the same techniques that Yin pointed out, just as the Pearl did. One major highlight of Hammarby Sjostad is its waste recycling and sorting process. The city uses underground shoots to take waste from each building and sends it to a main location where the waste is sorted. Some can be recycled and reused, while other bits are burned and used to heat homes

firstly, it is attractive; secondly, its contributes to the new green building movement; thirdly, it is strong,

When you think of a very self-sustainable city, what do you imagine it would include? Well, you'd probably think of a place where resources of all kinds are abundant, all aspects of the town are immaculately planned and organized, and above all, the town is very efficient on its own, and is able to maintain the happiness of its residents without the need of help from other locations. Our town works around all these policies, not to mention plenty more. Eco-friendliness is one of the most important characteristics of this town, as there are nearly no workplaces or vehicles that contribute to pollution. Public services are also very important and are available to all citizens. Everything within the town is there to make the city as productive as possible.

The inspirations behind sustainability are frequently unpredictable, individual and assorted. It is unlikely to make a rundown of reasons why such a large number of people, gatherings and groups are working towards this objective. However, for most people, sustainability comes down to the kind of future we are leaving for the next generation. Sustainability as a value is shared by numerous people and associations who exhibit this incentive in their policies, everyday exercises and

It is evident in the figure, borrowed from his book, that a garden city would be an epitome of beauty (Stem, Fishman & Tilove, 2013). The innovative design of the city has been discussed in other works such as Fishman (1982) and Aalen (1992). The city would be embedded into a revolutionary planning and structuring in urban form. According to Aalen (1992), these were major visions for impressive utopian visions of reformers who reacted to industrial revolution’s destructions,

Since the humble beginnings of the American industrial revolution, the urban city has been the pinnacle of rapid development and robust growth. Despite the efforts of notable city planners such as Sir Ebenezer Howard, Peter Calthorpe and Andres Duany the potential of true sustainable development has not been realized by the majority of urban cities. The inevitable question asserts how cities can continue growth and development while corroborating the triple bottom line as a framework for virtually every city.

A sustainable city is when harmony is reached between the environment, economy and society. Environmentally, sustainable cities are ecologically friendly by using alternative sources of energy such as solar or wind power. Economically, governments should share a similar decision-making process with institutions and with the public by having a common belief in what should be done by improving sustainability. Sorensen, Marcotullio, and Grant (2004), find that a good decision making process consists of planning and control at the municipal and national political levels which would allow local level functions to become reinforced. Socially, sustainable cities are classless, meaning that there are no social divisions which serve as limits; leading to a more equal society. One of the many ideas would be using mixed housing to remove the class divisions between people. Also, city streets would be walkable, with businesses and services located at close proximity to promote a healthier lifestyle and serve as an alternative to using cars for transportation. The writers differ in their analysis when examining the approaches to improving sustainability in cities. This section will analyze four important ideas on how cities can become more sustainable.