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 In America we throw away 25,000,000,000 styrofoam coffee cups every year!
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 An incredible 3% of the world's total energy use goes on producing Aluminum from Bauxite ore. Aluminum is used for items including vehicles, airplanes, drink cans and food wrap. Recycled Aluminum uses 95% less energy, saves money and helps to preserve our virgin natural resources. | Welcome to the Charlottesville Green City Website Information can be found on these pages regarding the Charlottesville Climate Protection program, water resource protection, information on sustainability issues and the CCoES - the Citizens Committee on Environmental Sustainability. Charlottesville City Council Vision 2025: Green City Charlottesville citizens live in a community with a vibrant urban forest, tree-lined streets, and lush green neighborhoods. We have an extensive natural trail system, along with healthy rivers and streams. We have clean air and water, we emphasize recycling and reuse, and we minimize stormwater runoff. Our homes and buildings are sustainably designed and energy efficient. Sustainability is essentially defined as being a process or a state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely. In other words, it means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Perhaps what it means to be sustainable is best and most simply summed up by a Native American proverb, 'We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, but we borrow it from our children'. | A sustainable community means to work together within our community to create an attractive, clean area in which to live, and to protect the natural resources upon which all life is dependent - for example using energy more efficiently, recycling more, producing less waste, and reducing pollution. On the top left of this page, you can find links to pages containing further information on food miles, water issues, recycling and waste, energy use, climate change and details of what is happening within Charlottesville to help make us a more sustainable city and community. Information regarding the Citizens Committee on Environmental Sustainability can also be found by following the links on the left of the page. To contact the Citizens Committee or to contact the City regarding sustainability efforts, please email greencity@charlottesville.org
The City of Charlottesville Environmental Administration Division is dedicated to environmental compliance, public education, and environmental stewardship opportunities. For details of programs including the City Environmental Management System (EMS), Stormwater Management Program, the City Raingarden, LEED-Gold certified Downtown Transit Station, City Hall green roof, alternative fuel City vehicles and the Meadowcreek stream restoration project, please CLICK HERE |
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