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List of Sustainable Cities

Sustainable Cities refers to cities around the world who are actively making changes to become more sustainable. By recognising the interest, motivations, models of these cities we hope to encourage others to also make such changes. If you would like to tell the world about what your city is doing to achieve urban sustainability and would like to add your city to this Sustainable Cities list please do so by making a post on the site. To do this go to “How to use this site” and follow the prompts. See below for the complete list of Sustainable Cities.

    Australia and Pacific

  • Adelaide, South Australia The Adelaide Green City Sector Agreement (the Agreement) is a partnership between the Adelaide City Council and the State Government to develop and brand Adelaide as an environmentally sustainable and climate change resilient city.
  • Auckland, New Zealand The Auckland Sustainable Cities Programme was set up in the Auckland region as a three-year trial programme, running from mid 2003 to mid 2006. It has concluded as scheduled.
  • Ballarat, Victoria BREAZE is a locally formed group of energetic, forward thinking people who believe that there are more sustainable ways of living on our patch of the planet.
  • Maleny, Australia Sustainable Maleny Project: taking locally-focused action on Climate Change and Peak Oil.
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • Mount Alexander Sustainability Group, Australia The Sustainability Group has over 1000 voting members: local people taking action to combat climate change. We employ four staff, supported by volunteers at the MASG office in Castlemaine, central Victoria.
  • Wellington, New Zealand To utilise the communication and information sharing potential of the Internet to promote and facilitate sustainable development in Wellington, New Zealand.

    Americas

  • Bogota, Colombia Behind Bogota’s car free day projects and the referendum is a very substantial body of critical thinking, negotiation and creation with years of background and action behind it. We call this “The Bogota Project”.
  • Chiapas, Mexico By educating consumers in North America about producer issues in Southern Mexico while directly supporting organic grassroots movements in Chiapas, the Sustainable Chiapas project will create a closer internationally focused consumer-to-producer relations
  • Florida, USA Sustainable Florida is the premier statewide organization committed to the balance of economic interests with the need to be socially and environmentally responsible.
  • Greensburg, USA After being leveled in 2007 by a tornado, the rural town of Greensburg decided to rebuild sustainably, striving to become a model green town for the future. Ever since this landmark commitment was made, Greensburg GreenTown — a grassroots community-based
  • Living City, Santiago, Chile Make knowledge available to urban communities in conflict or seeking to play a more active role in planning, to build neighborhoods and cities more socially just and environmentally sustainable.
  • Moraga, California Sustainable Moraga develops programs, legislative proposals, workshops and events, often in partnership with local businesses, schools and community and governmental bodies.
  • Niagara, Canada * Investigate, promote and implement programs, products and services that contribute to the social, economical and ecological sustainability of the Niagara Region, and beyond.
  • Ottawa, Canada The Community Energy Co-Op mission: to make sustainable technologies, products and services more accessible and economically viable to people within the NCR (National Capital Region).
  • Philadelphia, USA The Urban Sustainability Forum: a monthly series of presentations featuring the best local, national and international experts in many different fields which influence the direction of sustainability efforts in our city and nation.
  • San Francisco, USA A collection of visionary environmental professionals who are dedicated to helping all San Francisco residents and businesses take an active role in protecting and enhancing their urban environment.
  • San Jose, California Since 1994, the City of San Jose has an adopted Major Strategy within our General Plan to become a Sustainable City. The available document and executive summary outlines the progress that San Jose has made to date in accomplishing that strategy.
  • San Mateo County, California Dedicated to the long-term health of our county’s economy, environment and social equity.
  • Santa Monica, USA Office of Sustainability & the Environment.
  • Seattle, USA Founded in 1991, Sustainable Seattle is a non-profit organization that promotes sustainability in the Central Puget Sound.
  • Silicon Valley, USA Leading Silicon Valley to a more sustainable future through collaboration with local government agencies, businesses, and community organizations to identify and address these highest-priority environmental issues. We do this by engaging prominent Valley
  • Sonoma County, USA A learning and action community that connects, inspires, and empowers people to align their thinking and action with their deep need for a life-affirming and sustainable world.
  • Tuscon, Arizona A non-profit, grass-roots organization that builds regional resilience and sustainability through awareness raising, community engagement and public/private partnerships.
  • Vancouver, Canada The Sustainability Group is a branch of the City of Vancouver whose work focuses on climate protection, green building and bringing sustainability to all aspects of running and building the city, seeking out new ideas and new ways of doing things.

    Europe

  • Berlin, Germany What will the future look like in our cities, including Berlin? How can we operate efficiently and save resources, for instance in energy supply, transport, education and promising branches of the economy?
  • Bristol, UK Making the West of England the most sustainable city region in the UK and one of the top green cities in the world, with leadership that understands the urgency of the need for profound change to create a sustainable, prosperous future.
  • Cambridge, UK Environmental and sustainability initiatives and projects
  • Malmö, Sweden By 2020, the City of Malmö will be climate neutral and by 2030 the whole municipality will run on 100% renewable energy.
  • Rotterdam, The Netherlands A blog about livable cities; sustainability, urban development, design, mobility, architecture, social & mass media, art.
  • Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm is growing and faces the challenge posed by both retaining and developing its unique character. The City must be sustainable and an attractive place for people to live and work.

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