Imagine a place where innovation, technology and sustainability meet and create a new kind of city. Imagine a vibrant and beautiful city, powered by renewable energy, provided with cheap clean water, where all waste is recycled, and air quality exceeds the highest standards in the world. Imagine a place where economic prosperity has been designed to be fundamental to the region’s development and where the creation of employment is part of the master plan.

The Earth Power Sustainable Development Program is the world's first carbon-neutral, zero-waste, sustainable development proposal and will feature all of the modern conveniences, services and benefits of living in one of the most advanced countries in the world, but in a carbon-neutral environment.

Sustainable Development Program

The Sustainable Development Program is a philosophy that combines planning, design, infrastructure, energy, waste management, natural resource management and construction methods which integrates environmental best practice while creating healthier, more efficient “high-performance” structures, homes and communities. This philosophy incorporates the following guiding principles:

• Use natural and man made resources efficiently;
• Manage community waste effectively and economically with no health risk to inhabitants, recycling all materials wherever possible;
• Conserve and re-use water;
• Maximize the use of local materials;
• Optimize energy performance by installing energy efficient systems;
• Integrate natural day-lighting and ventilation;
• Minimize the use of mined materials and fossil fuels;
• Provide economic opportunities for the inhabitants, to become self-sustainable.

Sustainability Defined

Sustainability is the practice of using resources to provide for the needs of today’s citizens while preserving the use of those same resources for the needs of future generations. Sustainable development is all about ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come. This can be achieved through the three strands of:

1. Social Equity - which recognizes the needs of everyone;
2. Economic Growth - Stable levels of economic growth and employment, and;
3. Natural Resources - using natural resources prudently, while protecting, and enhancing, the environment.

The demand for social improvement in the developing nations is very strong, as it is vital to their move from developing status. Key factors to achieving this, initially at least are the need for good sanitation, healthcare, clean water, affordable housing and energy.

As cities keep on growing because of urbanization, more and more cities are becoming congested. It is imperative that governments plan for this urbanization through the implementation of a sustainable infrastructure that has been developed with future generations in mind which will avoid the major causes of disease in these countries.