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August's Environmental Quality is Restoration

Eco says: Restoration is a process of renewal.

The purpose is to return something (both natural and built) to its original condition or state.  The best course of action is to avoid restoration by taking care and not causing the damage.

Check Out Eco's Restoration Examples

Examples of Urban restoration:

• Building renovation
• Graffiti removal
• Landscape clean-up
• Public right-of-way repairs
• Property maintenance

Examples of Rural restoration:

• Scarred or burned land revegetated with native vegetation
• Removal of dumped materials
• Storm damage clean-up

Adopt-a-Highway:

(a national volunteer program in both rural and urban areas)

• Citizen volunteers remove litter along highways and City Streets
• In some areas, this program has been extended to the shores of rivers and lakes
• Contact your local government office for more information on restoration projects and opportunities in your area.  In Scottsdale you can contact:

"If you foolishly ignore beauty, you'll soon find yourself without it.  Your life will be impoverished.   But if you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life." Frank Lloyd Wright

Related Links

• 2006/2007 Sustainability Indicators Report (pdf/5.5mb/52pp)
• Office of Environmental Initiatives
• Green Building Program
• Environmental Quality Advisory Board
• Preservation
• Air Quality
• Health Issues
• Superfund
• Water Issues
• Refuse and Recycling