“Local conservation programs can help our communities shape thoughtful growth.” HelpingGrowthCommunityEnvironmentShapesProgramLocalsThoughtfulConservationOur Community Author:Will Rogers
“In the name of the bee And of the butterfly And of the breeze, amen!” NamesGrowthNatureSmartButterflyBeesConservationBreezeAmenSmart Growth Book:Dickinson Source: Dickinson
“Show me a healthy community with a healthy economy and I will show you a community that has its green infrastructure in order and understands the relationship between the built and the unbuilt environment.” ShowsOrderGrowthNatureCommunityEconomyEnvironmentHealthySmartBuiltGreenShow MeConservationInfrastructureSmart Growth Author:Will Rogers
“The image of a community is fundamentally important to its economic well-being. If all places look alike, there's no reason to go anywhere.” IfsWellsLooksImportantReasonGrowthNatureCommunityEconomicSmartWell BeingNo ReasonConservationSmart Growth Author:Ed McMahon
“The best places to live, work, and visit are those places that are willing to uphold their standards in the face of pressure to allow lowest common denominator development... Successful communities understand that when they say no to development that is contrary to the long-term health of their community, they will almost always get better development in its place.” LongFacesGrowthTermNatureCommunityCommonSuccessfulWillingDevelopmentSmartStandardsPressureContraryGet BetterLong TermConservationLowestPlaces To LiveBest PlaceCommon DenominatorLowest Common DenominatorSmart Growth Author:Ed McMahon
“High-tech employers recognize that we will only be as successful as the employees that we attract. When it comes to transportation, environmental, housing and land use decisions, we don't view investments as tax and spend, but rather as invest and prosper.” UseGrowthNatureDecisionViewsSuccessfulLandTaxesSmartInvestmentEnvironmentalEmployeeConservationHousingEmployersTransportationLand UseSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“The future economic success of Silicon Valley will be contingent on whether we have a good quality of life. World-class workers will only want to come to a world-class living environment.” WorldWantGrowthNatureQualityClassEnvironmentEconomicSmartWorkersValleysConservationQuality Of LifeSiliconGood QualitySilicon ValleyWorld ClassEconomic SuccessSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“The Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group strongly supports green-line policies, because the only way to attract top level employees and their families is to protect the region's open space and environment. We want to build a community that is demonstrates smart growth rather than a model for L.A.-type growth.” WayWantGrowthNatureCommunityLinesSpaceLevelsSupportEnvironmentGroupsPolicyTypeProtectModelsSmartGreenEmployeeRegionsValleysConservationManufacturingSiliconSilicon ValleyOpen SpacesSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“Communities must plan for a variety of uses and income levels. Why do we care about housing as high-tech employers? If teachers, firefighters, peace officers, retail or restau- rant workers can't live here, then we're going to fail.” IfsUseCareGrowthNatureCommunityLevelsTeacherPlansFailingSmartWorkersIncomeVarietyOfficersConservationHousingEmployersFirefighterRetailRantSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“We have a very old conservation movement, particularly in the United States, which has focused on campaigns to protect endangered species: the spotted owl, the old-growth forest. But usually it stops there. To me, biodiversity is the full spectrum. Species conservation is not only about wilderness conservation. Its also about protecting the livelihood of people even while changing the dominant relationship that humans have had with other species. In India, its an economic issue, not just an ecological one.” PeopleHumansStatesGrowthUnitedUnited StatesIssuesEconomicMovementProtectIndiaSpeciesFocusedCampaignsForestsWildernessDominantConservationSpectrumEcologicalLivelihoodOwlBiodiversityEndangered SpeciesEconomic Issues Author:Vandana Shiva