Community Plan > Goal 1: Healthy Environment
Goal: An environment consisting of healthy ecosystems, clean air and water, and preserved environmentally sensitive areas that conserve the finite resources upon which our quality of life depends.
A healthy environment in Highland Park encompasses a great number of things, from the restoration of water quality to the conservation of our natural resources through reducing our consumption of consumer goods. It includes preserving and restoring the natural “services” provided by functioning ecosystems, such as clean air and water, as well as protecting these ecosystems through preserving enough open space and environmentally sensitive areas within the Borough to maintain these processes and reduce human pressures on our natural environment. When we begin to “think globally and act locally”, we can take on issues such as global climate change at the municipal and household level by limiting our energy consumption and doing our part to slow global warming trends. The attainment of a healthy environment in Highland Park will benefit not only the plant and animal life within Borough boundaries, but will also serve to increase our awareness of the importance of a healthy environment as an essential component of a sustainable community.
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