Green development

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Green development is a broader discipline than green 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.

The topic of green development also encompasses broader topics such as city planning, architecture, and community building.

[edit] Natural Burial and Green Development

Natural Burial uses modern cemetery development as a vehicle for environmental restoration and landscape conservation. In the United States, The Green Burial Council has developed a comprehensive development guidelines while 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 and Mary Woodsen

[edit] See also

• Eco-cemetery development
• Green Building
• 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
• Smart Growth
• Traffic calming