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Establish goals for reducing DC's carbon footprint to zero by 2040.
Identify specific sectors where carbon reduction will occur and timelines to reach goals within each sector.
5 votes -
Create a DC government sustainability awards program encouraging public employees to submit their sustainability ideas that reduce costs.
Encourage public employees to create new ways of saving energy, water, paper, and other supplies through an annual competition. Implement ALL credible ideas in as many agencies as feasible, and publicly acknowledge and reward the ideas of public employees. Specifically quantify the cost, energy, environment, and other benefits of all proposals implemented on an annual basis. Include the awards in the performance appraisals of the employees who submitted them.
4 votes -
Increase the NATIVE Shade Tree coverage in the City
Make sure we have a healthy, sustainable and increasing tree coverage in the city. We can achieve this by:
1) only using native trees that stend to be stronger and more resilant than exotic trees, thus building a stronger urban tree cover.
2) Have tree species diversity on each street - currently each block onl has one tree species. If there is an insect outbreak, all the trees on a street die. By increasing tree diveristy, we strengthen our urban forest.
3) increase the use of permable sidewalks that allow water to perculate down to trees living near streets.
4)…4 votes
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