"Like many cities, Virginia Beach has set a goal to become a sustainable city...To achieve this vision, we need real ideas, real steps, and real solutions..." ~ Mayor William D. Sessoms' Vision Statement

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Virginia Beach is proud to be taking the initiative to create a new place on the web where residents, businesses, visitors, and others interested in Virginia Beach's green initiatives can find a home with links to all that the City is doing in various green-related areas, including environmental initiatives, energy efforts, green business development and promotion, healthy practices for individuals and families for a greener lifestyle, and sustainability goals​ for the City.

 

This is a work in progress, so please feel free to contact us with your comments and suggestions as we continue to build and enhance this website.

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What is SUSTAINABILITY?

The traditional definition of sustainability calls for policies and strategies that meet society’s present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Sustainability allows the City of Virginia Beach to respond to changes we cannot control, acknowledge limited resources and rising costs; maximize community assets(economical, cultural, historical, educational, natural); promote longevity of environmental quality and resources; as well as, develop and adapt systems(agriculture, tourism, environmental, military, transportation) to be usefully productive indefinitely and responsive to change.

The City is now in a unique position and time to link sustainability to its future. Moreover, focused and effective City leadership and public relations are necessary to forge strong partnerships between the City government and the business, civic and environmental communities in Virginia Beach. Sustainability involves a more holistic balancing and combining of three equally important goals, or  the so- called " triple bottom line" - economic vitality, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility.

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​Environmental Stewardship

Social Responsibility

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