What is a Green Community?
A Green Community Strives To:
- Environment
- Comply with Environmental Regulations
- Practice Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention
- Conserve Natural Resources through Sustainable Land Use
- Economic
- Promote Diverse, Locally-Owned and Operated Sustainable Businesses (Profitable, Non- Polluting, Socially Responsible)
- Provide Adequate Affordable Housing
- Promote Mixed-Use Residential Areas which Provide for Open Space
- Promote Economic Equity
- Social
- Actively Involve Citizens from ALL Sectors of the Community through Open, Inclusive Public Outreach Efforts
- Ensure that Public Actions Are Sustainable, while Incorporating Local Values and Historical and Cultural Considerations
- Create and Maintain Safe, Clean Neighborhoods and Recreational Facilities for ALL
- Provide Adequate and Efficient Infrastructure (water, sewer, etc.) that Minimizes Human Health and Environmental Harm, and Transportation Systems that Accomodate Broad Public Access, Bike and Pedestrian Paths
- Ensure Equitable and Effective Educational and Health-Care Systems green” directions, i.e. energy efficiency, renewable energy, and environmental products and services.
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Resource: US EPA Green Communities Home Page
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