Theme - *Sustainable Development

This page summarizes Government Innovators Network content about *Sustainable Development.

Sustainable development initiatives must balance the economic needs of local communities with efforts to promote the preservation and restoration of the environment. By ensuring that environmental, human, and economic needs are met, developers strive to establish a foundation that will support local populations and communities indefinitely.

moreRelated Awards

Sustainable Development Model, Municipality of La Huacana (64%)
The Local Government and Management Award in Mexico

Beekeeping for Poverty Relief (BPRP) (60%)
Impumelelo Innovations Award Trust
April 4, 2005

Oneida Farms/Agriculture Center (ONFAC) (57%)
Honoring Contributions in the Governance of American Indian Nations in the United States

Mandacaia Project - Sustainable Development for Family Honey Farms (56%)
The Public Management and Citizenship Programme in Brazil

Greater Hermanus Water Conservation Programme (39%)
Impumelelo Innovations Award Trust
April 4, 2005

Cooperation toward the Sustainable Development of the Conservationist Committee of Llaymucha (37%)
The Participation and Local Management Program in Peru
May 16, 2005

Indian Education Project of the High Negro River (36%)
The Public Management and Citizenship Programme in Brazil

moreMost Relevant News

New Sustainability Teaching Awards Recipients Announced (55%)
States News Service
February 4, 2009

Affordable Housing Goes Green (54%)
Next American City
June 8, 2009

American Architectural Foundation and United Technologies Corp. Launch Sustainable Cities Design Academy; Sustainable development in Boston, New Bedford, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. strengthened by first advisory program; other cities to follow (53%)
PR Newswire
January 28, 2009

The Urban President (49%)
CEOs for Cities
July 15, 2009

Sustainability Working Group Presents Climate Plan to Leggett, Council; Action-oriented Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures Among Most Innovative in Nation (49%)
US States News
January 15, 2009

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moreMost Relevant Documents

Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development (100%)
Calestous Juma and Lee Yee Cheong
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government
2005

Meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through Innovation (94%)
Ceciliah Kinuthia-Njenge (organizer)

January 1, 2008

Frontiers of Innovation Conference: Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation in Government (89%)

Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
May 31, 2008

Impact, Transformation, and Quality of Life (87%)
Yang Xuedong (organizer)

January 1, 2008

Local Government and Human Rights (83%)
Gonzalo Delamaza (organizer)

January 1, 2008

Leadership, Accountability and Partnership: Critical Trends and Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility (73%)
Jane Nelson
Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government
June 1, 2004

Choosing Success: The Lessons of East and Southeast Asia and Vietnam's Future (72%)

Harvard Vietnam Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government
January 1, 2008

moreRelated Multimedia

Conservation Innovation Finance (37%)
11/15/2007

Seizing Opportunities in Green Affordable Housing (37%)
10/16/2007

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