Sustainable Atlanta has released its first sustainability report, which compiles readily available data to create a benchmark for measuring Atlanta's sustainability efforts. The report, which can be found online at http://sustainableatlanta.org/home.aspx establishes baselines, quantifies best practices and proposes strategies that are measurable and actionable.

The report addresses five key areas:
-Water - how does Atlanta create a community-based water conservation initiative that includes strong public policy, technology and education?
-Energy and climate change - how does the city leverage 2012 commitments to the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement to continuously reduce the emissions that contribute to global warming and poor air quality regionally and locally?
-Parks and green space - what steps need to be taken to help protect at least 20 percent of Atlanta's land area as green space, provide a minimum of 10 acres of core city parkland per 1,000 residents and protect at least 75 percent of environmentally sensitive lands?
-Recycling and materials management - what needs to be done to increase the amount of commercially viable, recoverable resources going to the most beneficial end markets, while encouraging development of new markets?
-Leadership - how can the community leverage, support and expand the leadership being taken by Atlanta's governments, businesses, academic, nonprofit and residential communities to make Atlanta truly sustainable?

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