The following exercises are designed to help introduce the concept of sustainability. Given that the term evokes confusion among educators, community members, policy makers, and government officials, we decided to include in the Toolkit three exercises to help you explain sustainable development to others. These exercises will only be effective if they accompany a solid description of sustainability and a few examples. In addition, the World Wide Web has many sites dedicated to explaining components of sustainability and city sustainability plans (see Section XVI, World Wide Web Resources.)
The exercises that introduce the concept of sustainability are:
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