Creating Sustainable Communities

Sustainability concerns   every person living in the Fox Valley.

Whether you are:

•  young or old (or middle -aged),
•  rich or poor (or middle income),
• a business owner or an employee (or a stockholder) in a local company
• a municipal employee or an elected official (or a resident who influences local government decisions)

you are part of creating a future we can all live with!

What is sustainability?

Being able to satisfy present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Ask yourself: 

Without creating barriers that stand in the way of all people meeting their fundamental needs fairly and efficiently, how can our community

· Reduce our use of fossil fuels and other scarce substances taken from the earth's crust?

· Reduce our use of toxic and man-made substances that do not break down in nature?

· Preserve or restore the natural systems that support life?

These are the questions we must continually seek to answer  to keep moving toward a healthy future.