SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER: A Community Partnership - A Model for Implementing a County-Wide Sustainability Plan (PDF file)

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Action for Tomorrow’s Environment (AFTE), was created to foster sustainability with a focus on the environment. AFTE works to assure that we behave today in a way that preserves our natural resources for future generations. Since it is the collective behavior of people in local communities that is critical in this endeavor, AFTE concentrates on fostering local sustainability initiatives by governmental bodies, individuals, businesses and institutions through education and the initiation of local projects and programs. AFTE works in cooperation with the many other organizations interested in the same goals.

Action for Tomorrow’s Environment followed the lead of communities around the world which have adopted plans for sustainability since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, and began its efforts with a sustainability initiative in Westchester County, New York by delivering a sustainability agenda to government representatives. AFTE’s Westchester agenda seeks the promulgation of a sustainability resolution which will set the framework for the creation of a long term sustainable development plan for the county. The resolution proposed also makes the environment a prime concern by providing that all government decisions be informed by their long term environmental consequences. Immediate action steps are urged in the areas of energy efficiency and conservation, water conservation, solid waste management, environmentally preferable purchasing, clean air and water quality protection.

Edna Sussman, President

Mission Statement

Action for Tomorrow’s Environment is dedicated to fostering sustainability with a focus on the environment.

• We work to inspire the collective effort of all segments of society to modify behavior in order to preserve the natural resources essential to future generations.
• We seek to encourage good stewardship and sustainable behavior on the part of individuals, businesses, institutions and government and to work in cooperation with others to support local initiatives to advance these goals.
• We act to protect our air, land, water and other natural resources.

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