Eco-City Alexandria Blog

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Eco-City Alexandria Blog (http://ecocityalexandria.wordpress.com) is operated by the Eco-City Studio, a Department of Urban Affairs & Planning project at Virginia Tech in Alexandria, Virginia.

The Eco-City Studio created this blog to enable and support a healthy conversation between members of the Alexandria community and the Environmental Policy Commission. The Eco-City Alexandria Blog is a place where the Alexandria community (residents, employees, businesses, organizations, associations and city government) can share ideas about how to make the City of Alexandria, Virginia an ecologically sustainable city. We encourage not just feedback, but active participation. We want to know your ideas and thoughts about the Eco-City Charter and the development of the Environmental Action Plan. We want to know about projects, programs, policies, best practices and other initiatives you’ve run across related to ecological sustainability (environmental, economic & social sustainability). We want to know what you do, as individuals, businesses or organizations, to be more sustainable or environmentally responsible.

All pages and tags of this blog are organized by audience:

• Eco-Citizen (individuals living or working in Alexandria)
• Eco-Business (employers and business in Alexandria)
• Eco-Organization (for-profit and non-profit organizations and associations in Alexandria)
• Eco-Government (people involved or interested in governmental policies, regulations, programs and practices)
• Eco-World (people interested in global sustainability issues)

If there is a specific sustainability topic you’re interested in, then check out specific categories. All blog posts are organized into categories that correspond to the guiding principles of the Eco-City Charter:

• Air Quality
• Water Quality
• Solid Waste
• Land Use
• Open Space
• Green Buildings
• Transportation
• Climate Change
• Energy
• Health
• Implementation

For more detailed information about the Eco-City Alexandria initiative, including the Eco-City Charter and the Environmental Action Plan, please visit http://ecocity.ncr.vt.edu/ecocityalexandria.html.

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