Living Community Challenge

Living Community Challenge

Living Community Challenge

How do we create communities that are good for everyone?

The Living Community Challenge is a framework for master planning, design, and construction. It is a tool to create a symbiotic relationship between people and all aspects of the built environment.

The program is a call to action to governments, campuses, planners, developers and neighborhood groups to create communities that are as connected and beautiful as a forest.

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Imagine communities that function like a forest ecosystem. The Living Community Challenge is organized into seven performance areas.

Place

Restoring a healthy coexistence with nature .

Water

Creating water independent sites, buildings and communities.

Energy

Relying only on current solar income.

Health + Happiness

Maximizing physical and psychological health and well being.

Materials

Endorsing products and processes that are safe for all species through time.

Equity

Supporting a Just, equitable World.

Beauty

Celebrating plans that purpose transformative change.

Create Healthy Communities

Help your community thrive

Living Communities are:

• Nurturing and generous places that promote healthy lifestyles for everyone.
• Net Positive with respect to water and energy. Living Communities generate their own energy and capture and treat all the water they need.
• Create a positive impact on the human and natural systems that interact with them.

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Let's create communities with resilient infrastructure that benefits all people. View the Living Community Challenge standard to learn about the philosophy behind the framework.

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