Planning for Sustainable Communities: Master Plan Guidance for New Jersey Of...APA-NJ
Since the amendment to the MLUL in 2008 to include the Green Building and Environmental Sustainability Plan element (The Sustainability Plan) in the list of permitted Master Plan elements, towns across New Jersey have been taking sustainability planning more seriously. Especially in the wake of recent extreme weather, the need for short-term resiliency actions and long-term sustainability goals is more pressing than ever.
Therefore, it is with great pleasure that the Sustainability Committee of the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association announces the release of a sustainability planning guide for planners and municipal officials. The new guide, “Planning for Sustainable Communities: Master Plan Guidance for New Jersey Officials”, deconstructs the traditional master plan and offers new approaches to each of the plan elements with sound local and global examples that any NJ municipality can tailor to their needs.
Planning for Sustainable Communities: Master Plan Guidance for New Jersey Of...APA-NJ
Since the amendment to the MLUL in 2008 to include the Green Building and Environmental Sustainability Plan element (The Sustainability Plan) in the list of permitted Master Plan elements, towns across New Jersey have been taking sustainability planning more seriously. Especially in the wake of recent extreme weather, the need for short-term resiliency actions and long-term sustainability goals is more pressing than ever.
Therefore, it is with great pleasure that the Sustainability Committee of the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association announces the release of a sustainability planning guide for planners and municipal officials. The new guide, “Planning for Sustainable Communities: Master Plan Guidance for New Jersey Officials”, deconstructs the traditional master plan and offers new approaches to each of the plan elements with sound local and global examples that any NJ municipality can tailor to their needs.
The document discusses the issues with fast fashion retail chains that manufacture clothing cheaply and quickly to keep up with trends. This encourages excessive consumption and waste. The chains also outsource manufacturing to third-world countries where workers face low pay, long hours, and unsafe conditions with little regulation. While these problems are gaining attention, more action is needed to improve conditions for workers and reduce fashion's environmental and health impacts. The author's research project aims to increase understanding of fast fashion's effects and its unethical and harmful aspects.
The document discusses the issues with fast fashion retail chains that manufacture clothing cheaply and quickly to keep up with trends. This encourages excessive consumption and waste. The chains also outsource manufacturing to third-world countries where workers face low pay, long hours, and unsafe conditions with little regulation. While these problems are gaining attention, more action is needed to improve conditions for workers and reduce fashion's environmental and health impacts. The author's research project aims to increase understanding of fast fashion's effects and its unethical and harmful aspects.