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There are several commonalities between Miller and Spoolman’s eight and the goals listed in “Sustainable Providence.” Both Miller and Spoolman incorporate main goals as sustainable food, transportation, energy, water, and land use (Miller & Spoolman, 2011). However, Sustainable Providence needs to incorporate Miller and Spoolman’s resource use. Which aims to reduce, reuse, recycle, compost, replant, and share resources.
One of the primary goals of Sustainable Providence is sustainable food. Providence is among the local and regional food system that has a vital role in ensuring that the system;
- Provides every Providence resident with access to safe, accessible, nutritious, and
Culturally acceptable food;
- Cultivates a healthy environment in Providence by aiming for zero waste, implementing ecologically sound and sustainable practices, and ensuring healthy, equal, and just working conditions and wages; and
- Contributes to the state and the city’s economy by supporting long-term economic development opportunities in the food sector (Environmental sustainability task force, 2014)
The city aims to achieve sustainable food by encouraging and promoting appropriate scale production of agricultural goods to meet the city’s needs. It also seeks to utilize the existing manufacturing facilities to create more infrastructure for food processing. In terms of distribution, it aspires to use existing distribution infrastructure to develop new models that will make Providence one of the most significant distributions and aggregation hub. Providence aims to increase the consumption of healthy local food that is produced in ecologically sound ways. Additionally, it strategizes to provide fair and just working conditions and wages to its residents.
Edinburgh city also has a sustainable food goal in place. Like Sustainable Providence, Edinburgh’s action plans emphasize sustainable land use as a form of food production. Edinburgh’s action plans focus on strategies that recognize that everyone in the community must be involved for sustainable food to be realized. The city has launched ‘Edible Edinburgh,’ a plan focused on health and well-being, land use, the environment, and the economy. The city’s residents, families, businesses, and organizations have been called to action to respond and help create a better food system for the city (Searchinger et al., 2018 ).
Work cited
Searchinger, Tim, et al. “Creating a sustainable food future.” (2018).
Environmental Sustainability Task Force. “Sustainable Providence.” 2014. PDF file.
Miller, G. Tyler, and Scott Spoolman. Living in the environment: principles, connections, and solutions. Nelson Education, 2011.