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This article discusses how the City of North Vancouver uses sustainable methods to enhance the quality of life for those living and working in the community.

It was interesting to read the different ways the City of North Vancouver strategies to becoming a more sustainable city. Like Kelsey said they believe this will help their quality of life for those who work and live in that city. It's interesting to read about other countries and how they try to live more sustainable lives within their countries. Thanks for sharing Kelsey!

In San Fransisco the backyard discomposing had been promoted for a few years but the population has increase and not a lot of people have backyards now. The city now provide people with three cans to dispose three different materials. One of the cans is for organics another for food waste =) and the last one for food-soiled paper.

Yet another city in California that is getting involved in the new er of waste management. Shows different ways that waste is being used in their city to benefit and not harm it.

To begin, this website supports and funds stability for cities across the nation. The overall goal is to benefit urban communities. This includes jobs, homes, food, ect. The CNT supports and takes care of the urban cities that demand help.

This site is on how urban cities depend on stability, to maintain sustainability. Sustainability creates the jobs, builds homes for the community as well. The website helps to fund the urban cities so that they can maintain there community.

Start the pile with a layer of coarse material like branches and twigs to allow air flow to the pile. For a carbon source, add 6 inches of leaves and other woody materials. For a nitrogen source, add 2-3 inches of grass clippings, kitchen wastes and garden wastes. Mix these two layers to speed up decomposition and then cover with 2 inches of dirt to control odors. Dampen the pile with water as new layers are added or more frequently if the weather is dry. The pile should be concave in the center to prevent runoff of water. The moisture content is sufficient when the surface of the pile glistens. To speed up decomposition, mix/turn the pile once a week and periodically sprinkle it with water to keep it moist. When the interior of the pile is no longer hot and the material has broken down into dark, crumbly soil, the composting is finished. The process usually takes 3-6 months.

This paragraph was about how customers of farm's markets and grocery stores in city of Pittsburgh supported Maggie Henry' fight for drilling natural gas that affected Pennsylvania counties.

The Recycling Division develops and implements effective and cost-effective source reduction, recycling, and re-use programs and policies. SRCRD provides technical assistance to City Departments, private sector businesses, multi-family complexes, and the community.

Services used in California to have food recycled.

This article is about China's way of conducting energy in their country. This explain how much and how long China will be the main user of energy. The government in China relieves this and now bring it to the attention in meeting.

China definitely needs to take another look at how they control some parts of the country. I agree with Ivan, it's costing the country so much unnecessary financial farm it's crazy. Great read.

I can't believe it is costing so much for them to use the coal. I wonder if this is why the cities always look so polluted and foggy? Very interesting article!

This article talks about global warming in Arizona and that do to heat heat rising in Arizona it is in a way lower property value. This article reminds me of the myth sustainability is about the environment.

Global warming, depending on who you talk to, is a myth or a fact. People love the fact that they can own some property in a southwestern state such as Arizona, and flock here during the cold winter months. With that being said, the heat is something that drives away potential buyers every year.

We use energy for everything. We use energy to treat our water , grow our food, produces and to go to place to place. In general we want our community to develop more diverse, reliable, and cleaner sources of energy; to reduce energy usage; and to improve efficiency.

I tried to see what was important on this article but it wasn't very easy for me personally to grasp. I see that you 3 did find the point of the sustainability with electricity. I find it funny that we are always leaving lights on when we leave a room and think nothing of it until we are told it will save us money or that we are wasting something we really take for granted.

This article states that sustainability and energy interconnect in many ways. I agree with Dominique we use energy for everything we do, but hopefully we don't take advantage of the resources we have now and end up leaving are future heirs high and dry.