SALT LAKE CITY GREEN

Presented by: Salt Lake City Mayor

Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson

Ensuring a Sustainable Community

“In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of

our decisions on the next seven generations."

- From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy

Environmental programs and goals that help preserve the health and vitality of our community, today and in the future.

Salt Lake City Green

Salt Lake City Green Initiatives

• Municipal EMS• Alternative transportation• Zero Waste• e2 Businesses • High Performance

Buildings• Climate Protection• Open Space• Smart Growth

Alternative Transportation

MASS TRANSIT

Alternative Transportation

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

Alternative Transportation

BICYCLING

Transit Oriented Development and

High Performance Buildings

Future Intermodal Hub

Pollution Prevention and the Salt Lake City Green Fleet

CITY FLEET

Salt Lake City Green Fleet

CITY FLEET

Zero Waste and Recycling

• Residential Recycling Program– Paper of all types– Boxes– All plastics 1-7– Aluminum– Steel food cans– Milk and juice

cartons

Zero Waste and Energy

ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Zero Waste and EnergyRenewable Energy

Zero Waste and Water Conservation

Open Space and Watershed Protection

environmentally and economically sustainable

businesses

e2 Businesses

Climate Change

“WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2001 (ENS)

- The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed today that the country will not implement the Kyoto Protocol. "We have no interest in implementing that treaty," Whitman told reporters.

Climate Change

“Global warming is threatening the world’s ski resorts… Downhill skiing could disappear altogether at some resorts, while at others, a retreating snow line will cut off base villages from their ski runs as soon as 2030.”

- CBS News. Dec. 3, 2004

2004 Salt Lake City Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Reductions

88

90

92

94

96

98

100

102

104

106

Total GHGafter

Measures2004

GHGEmissions

Goal

2004 corporate emissions reductions total 21,500 tons of eCO2.

(81% of goal to reduce by 26,500 tons of eCO2)

104,500

99,500

Conclusion

Salt Lake City is taking real action and seeing real results in our efforts to create a sustainable community.