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- Posted April 19, 2010
Baltimore releases it's first Annual Sustainability Report
The passage of the Sustainability Plan a year ago represents a crucial step, but in many ways it was just a first step. Real progress on the 29 goals in the Plan can only be realized when the creativity, commitment, and participation of the entire Baltimore community is put to work to implement this vision. In the year since the Plan’s adoption, a multitude of partners in a variety of forms and functions – community organizations, businesses, families, and schools – have continued to work to implement the goals of the Plan and make Baltimore a more sustainable place to live and work. Baltimore’s first Annual Sustainability Report highlights these efforts.
The Annual Sustainability Report serves as an accountability tool to track Baltimore’s progress towards improving the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of the city. By providing both quantitative and qualitative measures of Baltimore’s efforts to forward Plan goals, this report allow us to check in, renew our commitment, and celebrate our successes together as a community.The structure of the Annual Report is based on that of the Sustainability Plan. For each of the seven theme chapters of the Plan - cleanliness, pollution prevention, resource conservation, greening, transportation, education & awareness, and green economy – the report features a success story from the past year.Most of the 29 goals are accompanied by a quantifiable metric or measure of progress. In some cases, these metrics create a baseline from which we will measure future changes. In others, longitudinal data is already available, enabling the report to illustrate trends over time.Each of the 29 goals also highlights key facts, related 2009 efforts, and a few action items which individuals can take to help be part of the solution. Many of the partners in these efforts are listed along with their web addresses for more information at the end of the report.There are doubtless many additional organizations accomplishing valuable work throughout Baltimore, and we look forward to recognizing those efforts. We encourage all entities in Baltimore to share their success stories of how they help to achieve the city’s sustainability goals at our website www.baltimoresustainability.org. We will use the projects and initiatives shared here to produce next year’s Annual ReportThank you to the countless individuals and organizations that took action this past year to improve the quality of life and sustainability here in Baltimore. We look forward to continuing our work with you to transform Baltimore into a truly sustainable city that will thrive for generations to come.
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