Green development

Green development is a land use planning concept that includes consideration of community-wide or regional environmental implications of development, as well as site-specific green building concepts. This includes city planning, environmental planning, architecture, and community building. Green development strategies have been derived from the all-inclusive tome released by The Rocky Mountain Institute, entitled "Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate". [Rocky Mountain Institute, Alex Wilson, et al. "Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate." Wiley, 1998. ISBN 978-0-471-18878-0.]

Natural Burial and Green Development

Natural Burial uses modern cemetery development as a vehicle for environmental restoration and landscape conservation. In the United States, [http://www.greenburialcouncil.org The Green Burial Council] has developed a comprehensive development guidelines while [http://naturalburial.ca The Natural Burial Co-operative] promotes and supports the development of Natural Burial in Canada.

The leading advocates of Natural Burial in North America include, Dr. Billy Campbell, Mike Salisbury, Joe Sehee, Mary Woodsen and Mark Dahlby

See also

* Eco-cemetery development
* Green Building
* Green-collar worker
* Passive solar building design
* Intelligent building - This article needs updating to show new strategies of intelligent design in relation to green building such as moving solar panels, automatic opening and closing air vents, and passive solar heating technologies.
* Bioneers - The annual event of the bioneers conference is one of the many inspirations for the writing of this article
* Low impact development
* Smart Growth
* Sustainable development
* Traffic calming
* Bicycle City

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