A green region

What is a green region?

A green region is more than just clean air and water. It is a region that has figured out how to simultaneously create an healthy environment and an economically thriving community. It not only minimizes the use of scarce resources, but finds renewable approaches that strengthen the economy and community. It preserves prime farmland as a part of the region's strategy for developing healthy, local food sources.

Following are the key strategies that the public has said should be at the heart of creating a greener region:

  • Promote energy conservation and use of renewable resources.
  • Develop programs to maintain drinking water quality, reduce runoff and improve stream quality.
  • Generate less solid waste and recycle or reuse the waste we do generate.
  • Improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Protect and restore the region's natural amenities.