Sustainable Development Principles
The following principles are among those that have been developed to help guide sustainable development efforts:
Wingspread Principles, The Hannover Principles, The Natural Step Principles, The Earth Charter Benchmark Draft, The Precautionary Principle, National Park Service’s Principles for Sustainable Design and more.
We Need a Global Declaration of Interdependence
The Western ideal of comfort and wealth holds a hollow promise for the rest of the world and provides fodder for extremists.
Green Building Principles — Environmental Impact
Preserving Integrity of Site. Green construction practices disturb as little of the natural environment as possible. A green building project should evaluate the site and determine how the building could best blend in without merely “imposing” the building on the site. One strategy for preserving the integrity of the site is low-impact development that maintains the land’s hydrologic functions and reduces stormwater runoff.
