BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP
GREEN TEAM MISSION STATEMENT
The Burlington Township “Green Team”, which was established in July 2009 by the Governing Body, is a group of appointed volunteers that will review and evaluate sustainable initiatives and make recommendations to the Mayor & Council regarding the feasibility of implementing these initiatives with the goal of creating a “greener”, more sustainable community that meets the present needs of its citizens without compromising the ability to provide for its future generations.
As such the goals and objectives of the “Green Team” are as follows:
- · Recommend sustainable practices in order for Burlington Township to achieve certification as a “sustainable community”.
- · Facilitate the education of the Burlington Township community to the benefits of “going green” as a way to achieve a more sustainable future and more efficiently meet our “human” needs.
- · Work closely with the Board of Education and youth-based organizations to promote actions and behavior among students and young adults that are consistent with a sustainable vision for the future.
- · Identify, recommend and pursue grant opportunities to help fund and defray the costs associated with “green” practices.
- · Identify and recommend policies / practices that will provide opportunities for conservation and enhancements in the quality of our natural resources.
- · Identify and recommend opportunities for cost savings in energy and natural resource consumption.
SUSTAINABLE JERSEY ™ is a certification program for municipalities in
New Jersey that want to go green, save money, and take steps to
sustain their quality of life over the long term.
Sustainable Jersey:
· Identifies concrete actions that municipalities can implement to become "certified" and be considered leaders on the path to sustainable communities
· Provides clear “how to” guidance and tools to enable communities to make progress on each action
· Provides access to grants, and identifies existing and new funding opportunities for municipalities to make progress toward the actions
· Encompasses the 3 equal, interrelated components of sustainability:
Prosperity-support your local economy and use community resources
Planet-practice responsible environmental management and conservation
People-embrace social equity and fairness
For more information, about Sustainable Jersey, go to http://www.sustainablejersey.com/about.php
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Burlington Township's 13th Annual
Clean-Up Day
April 21, 2012
10:00-1:30 Rain or Shine
This is a community event to help give our town a "Spring Cleaning"
Last year we had over
600 volunteers participating.
If you would like to participate in this event please contact
Ed Stetz (609) 239 5845
estetz@twp.burlington.nj.us
We still need block captains for some developments and we can
Always use more participants
contact Ed TODAY!
Sponsored by the Burlington Township Environmental Commission and
Burlington Township Green Team
Hope to See you There!
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