And the winner is ... DARWIN

The Australian Conservation Foundation's Sustainable Cities Index provides a snapshot of comparative performance in each of Australia’s 20 largest cities, with the aim of encouraging healthy competition, stimulating discussion and suggesting new ways of thinking about our cities.

A rigorous compilation, assessment and independent review process established 15 indicators across three broad ’baskets’: environmental performance, quality of life and resilience.

The cities were ranked in order of comparative performance from 1 (most sustainable) to 20 (least sustainable) across each indicator, with the total score determining the most and least sustainable cities for 2010 (see list to right).

See: http://www.acfonline.org.au/default.asp?section_id=360&eid=6844307