MISSION STATEMENT

Apply the Natural Step principles to support our quality of life, creating objectives, practices & actions that guide Greenville’s citizens toward a sustainable future.

THE FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY

To enlist our citizen’s commitment to:

• Reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, scarce metals & minerals.

• Reduce our dependence on chemicals & synthetic substances that accumulate in nature.

• Reduce our encroachment on nature (e.g., land, water, air, wildlife, forests, and wetlands).

• Meet our community’s basic needs fairly & efficiently (e.g., economic, social, & environmental).

SLOGAN: Green it like you mean it!