This is a very interesting topic OP. We can promote sustainable living in our communites when all hands are on deck. If we are to make the community worth living and enjoyable, then we must be ready to work in order to make the community a better place, and this work includes everybody, man and woman, children and adults, everybody must be involved in the working process and building of the communities.
This also means that the community leaders must not indulge in acts that would diviide the community and cause crisis in the community like taking of bribe from one party. Everybody must be sane and be ready to be law abiding so as to improve the community standard.