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.
Start with the program that fits you best — households and neighborhoods, businesses and organizations or municipalities — or explore the framework behind these questions, The Natural Step.
