Sustainability Commission - It is more than the Environment

Environmental sustainability is economic sustainability. Sustainability is no more than being able to replenish what we consume. Today, the US consumes three times what can be replenished. We waste nearly 50% of the energy that we produce. We waste 33% of the food we grow. We waste 1 trillion gallons of water each year. A good deal of our income and taxes is wasted. Here in Attleboro, we have been given the opportunity to create a Sustainability Commission composed of volunteer residents that could advise how Attleboro could be more sustainable, less wasteful. As a Councilor-At-Large candidate, I endorse the proposal to create the Sustainability Commission. This is a topic that we all can relate to. Whenever I talk to people about the need to sustain our environment for generations to come, I get full agreement, but I think people all have different ideas about how to do it. Did you know there is grant money from the state to support a commission to figure this out? It won’t cost the city any money to have it and we may even learn how to save money in the process. The Commission volunteers will research how to get the available grant money from different sources and advise the city on our current and future actions.
It is what we all need - Democrat, Republican, Unenrolled - all of us. We need to learn how to become more sustainable.

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