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An Environmentally Sustainable Springfield A community’s carbon footprint is the result of our combined actions, from driving vehicles to powering homes and businesses. Communities across the country are working to become carbon neutral and your input through The Next 10 makes it clear this must be a priority for our region, too. Conducting energy audits of homes and businesses and funding efficiency upgrades will reduce energy demand; installing rooftop solar and encouraging utilities to use clean energy and energy storage will reduce carbon pollution and improve air quality; supporting the use of electric vehicles for our personal, business, government and school uses significantly improves our health and wellness; and planting more trees, flowers and pollinators, and restoring wetlands will produce purer air and water, more biodiversity and a better environment. Supporting an environmentally sustainable Springfield and region is a focus of The Next 10.
The Next 10 can be the catalyst for making Springfield and the Land of Lincoln a leader on clean energy. We can follow old familiar paths and be dragged into a new world or we can lead by taking big steps toward a brighter future, fueled by clean energy, innovative technology and green infrastructure. Our shared goal is to create a cleaner, healthier, more livable community for future generations.” ALLEN GROSBOLL Vice-Chair, Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Board of Directors
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