Bethesda Green will serve as a living business model premised on reducing the environmental footprint of the area, attracting environmentally-conscious consumers, and promoting an environmental ethic.
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I've become aware of this blog through my fraternity brother Dave Feldman and I'd like to offer an initial comment or two. I am an industrial hygienist and work for University of Michgian in Ann Arbor for the Environmental Health and Safety Department. Ann Arbor is one of the (several) sustainability "ground zero's" around the country and there are a good number of very good ideas for communities with motivated and educated populations to make a difference - long term. Small steps is what it's all about, and it begins with the realization that a space or town is "built-out" and there is no more open space upon which to build. Then the eyew are caste outward to the currounding farmlands (at least for us, Bethesda's out of luck) and there is pause to consider historical mistakes in building ever outward inconcentric rings of urban sprawl. Granted our planning model here in Ann Arbor is different from Bethesda's, but many of the small steps are the same. I applaud the initiative for those who love that city - they will make the difference. mgh
"All LED City"
http://sustainabledesignupdate.com/?p=365
I have lived in Bethesda for almost 40 years. I really believe in this town, and hope to do all I can to pass it on to the next group here.
I was at the Bethesda Green launch event today. What a fantastic outpouring of community and business support! This was a milestone event for Bethesda and the region. As a business owner who lives and works in downtown Bethesda, I am very much looking forward to contributing to Bethesda Green!
For over 5 years, your neighboring Town of Chevy Chase has supported a pesticide-free initiative called Project Ladybug. If you drive through the Town you will see many bright yellow signs with a green check proclaiming that that owners property is Pesticide-Free! and safe for animals, children and other living things. The Town itself does not use pesticides on rights-of-way along the streets, or on its treescape, and offers information on how to take care of lawn and landscape without pesticides.
PROJECT LADYBUG has been a ground-up, non-confrontational, collaborative initiative in community care. It made little sense to the co-directors that residents would shop at Whole Foods, care mightily about their well-being, and then return home to either use Round-Up or hire a local lawn company to nuke their yards.
And the community has responded to the issue extremely well - even when residents receive a letter that suggests they use alternatives to pesticides, nary a complaint has been lodged at the Town office.
We know there are immense ecological issues to confront, but this one is easy. Local American Plant Food Company has been dedicated to pesticide-free lawns and landscaping for years for very personal reasons. Bethesda could go a long way towards becoming a safer, greener place to enjoy - starting with ensuring that the rights-of-way and the streetscape are maintained without pesticides.
At least as the globe is dangerously warming we can all breathe free?!?
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