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The City of Dallashas been practicing sustainability for many
years within City Departments. Examples include DWU has water conservation
programs, SAN has greatly increased recycling, and EBS is a leader in the
purchase and use of alternative fuels. Development Services issued
ForwardDallas! a comprehensive land use plan that includes
sustainability. Additionaly, the City has adopted an Environmental Management
System to combine its environmental compliance programs with sustainability
in order to have an enhanced tracking and accountability system for the
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Proposed sustainability initiatives are
collect data across City Departments on Sustainability and report results
stay abreast of current scientific advancements in sustainability and environmental issues
maintain peers within other Cities across the US on sustainability
review and apply for grants to further the City's sustainability program
maintain a sustainability working group at the City of Dallas
work with Development Services on implementing the environmental components of ForwardDallas!
coordinate with local and national environmental groups on the City's programs
apply for awards, seek recognition and prepare press releases in conjunction with
PIO on sustainability
and manage the new Sustainable Skyline grant with EPA
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