Definition of Sustainable Community What is a Sustainable Community? A sustainable community is one that is economically, environmentally, and socially healthy and resilient. It meets challenges through integrated solutions rather than through fragmented approaches that meet one of those goals at the expense of the others.
The remains of Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island, 2006. North and South Brother Islands are a pair of small islands located in New York City's East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island. North Brother Island was once the site of a hospital, but is now uninhabited and designated as a bird sanctuary. Until 1964, South Brother Island was part of Queens County (within Long Island City, beginning in 1870), but it is now part of Bronx County.
Click above image to enlarge. The Northerly Island is a 91-acre manmade peninsula found on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Ill. It is located south of the Adler Planetarium and provides protection to Burnham Harbor from Lake Michigan storms. The restoration would primarily occur on the south side of the island and encompass approximately 40 acres of land.