Imagine you are at home. It's 6:00 and the food is ready for dinner. You look in the fridge and there is no more milk. What are you going to do? You can a: drink water for dessert with your fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies, which sounds pretty gross to me, or you can attempt plan b: drive to Cub, perk, walk inside, trek the quarter mile to the dairy section, trek the quarter mile to the checkout lane, wait a half hour to get help (even in the 6 items and under lane) before driving home to salvage what you can from your now bone-dry casserole.
             Now although both of those sound pretty unappealing, there is one more option: sustainable living. What is that, you ask? Sustainable living is, in short, living in harmony with the community around you and the natural world you are placed in, in such a way that your actions will not harmfully affect the world around you now, or the state of that community for future generations.
             In a sustainable community, the above situation could have been resolved a lot more simply. Ideally, you would have walked out your door, and the walked or biked the four or five blocks to the corner market, where there is no line and the whole store itself is the size of cub's dairy department, making it quick and easy to find whatever you are looking for.
             What scenario was more appealing to you??.............
             The term "sustainable development" goes beyond the boundaries of science and business development and trade to include human development, values, and differences in cultures. Cities have become the focal points of these components as major consumers and distributors of goods and services. However, many cities tend to be large consumers of goods and services while draining resources out of external regions they depend on. Sustainable development is all about changing that.
             Human habits are out of balance with life on earth. Our actions have altered the climate, de...