How sustainable is my community

 
This is my area covered by the electoral ward.
My community is sustainable in some ways but it could be more sustainable.
In my area there are 699 households and 1,182 cars owned by the residents.Most people have 1 or more cars but only 10 per cent of the population of this area don't have a car. Most people that work commute out of the area to get to work. There are buses which stop in the villages in the area which are used but most of the population uses their cars which isn't the best for the environment but it's convienient and easy because it saves people the time and effort waiting for and looking up buses and what time they stop in a village.
 There are many amenities in this ward including small shops in some of the villages where people can get food and things they need, these amenities are accessable by everyone either by car or walking, cyling etc. There are a mixture of ages in this ward which shows that it is sustainable because youing famillies move here so this area is keeping up with the needs of future generations.
Our ward has recyling bins provided for us by daventry district council so we can recyle paper, cardboard, tins and bottles etc. Most people recyle but things that could go in the recyling bins sometimes get put in the ordinary bins which isn't sustainable. Out of the 699 households in this ward 672 have central heating which are all powered by oil which is a fossil fuel so adds CO2 to the atmosphere adding to global warming but this is sustainable because people need to keep their homes warm but it isn't sustainable because it harms the environment.
Overall the yelvertoft ward is fairly sustainable but like other communities there are things that could be more sustainable in the community.

This link is where i found the information on my ward area.
http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1290016012755&enc=1&areaSearchText=cv23+0sr&areaSearchType=14&extendedList=true&searchAreas=

How sustainable is your lifestyle

"Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems" (Caring for the Earth, IUCN/WWF/UNEP, 1991)

I believe it's important to protect the environment because it provides our resources for energy and food amongst other things. We need to find other ways of getting energy to help with the fight against global warming or the earth as we know it now will disappear. Also oil is starting to reach its peak so we might soon run out so we have to find alternative sources because now we have energy e.g. lights, heating etc we can't go back to how it was in the 19th centuary when there was no lights or cars etc. The scottish government has a purpose to help scotland grow economically but sustainably, this website shows a video of its energy efficiency action plan. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/SustainableDevelopment 

Overall my lifestyle is sustainable in some ways but i could be alot more sustainable. For example i recyle as many things as i can like paper, plastic, tins and glass bottles but sometimes things that should be recyled don't get put in our recyling bin because rubbish takes time to sort into different bins so in a busy lifestyle its hard to remember to recyle everything. In our district we are provided with our own recycling bins for different waste e.g one for paper and cardboard, one for tins,plastics and bottles, one for garden waste like cutting off trees and just an ordinary waste bin. So really we should recyle everything that can be recycled.

I do use a car to drive to university each day when i could take the train or bus. Its just easier for me to take the car instead like many other people. At home i use computers, televisions and things that use electricity and our heating in our house is powered by oil!

we need to be more sustainable and find other ways of cutting our energy consumption to meet the governments CO2 emission cutting targets for 2050 or risk losing our earth's wildlife like the polar bear and our climate as it is today for future generations.