Principles of One Planet Living.

It is important to design the communities in a sustainable way in order to achieve a sustainable future for the countries and people. There are about ten guiding principles that act as a framework to highlight the sustainability challenge in different situations. those principles will hel people to achieve the solutions for the global warming's issues. The first global challenge is the climate change due to building up carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, and the principle is zeroing Carbon Dioxide by supplying energy from on-site renewable sources such as the sun light which is used nowadays in UAE. the second challenge is the increasing of waste from discarded products. The principle is zeroing the waste by encouraging re-use, recycling and composting. Air and noise pollution is considered as one of the important issues in the global warming and it is the third challenge. The priciple for it is sustainable transport by providing transport systems and infrastructure that reduce dependence on fossil fuel use. In addition, there are many challenges that face the people and for each challenge, there is a principle which is performed by applying different solutions. Those priciples include local and sustainable materials, local and sustainable food, sustainable water, natural habitats and wildlife, culture and heritage, equity and fair trade and health and happiness. If we worked hard here in UAE, we can apply all those princples.
The website's address below shows all those priciples. I hope it will be useful for you all.
http://www.bioregional.com/programme_projects/opl_prog/principles.htm