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ll/u9/2001 10:06 9196003002 OR. CTV. PLNJNIN6 PAX 06 /B7 Diagram of the Relationship Between the Economy and the Environment GLORAL ECOSYSTEM Inputs ECONOMY �OUtputs (raw materials (products, wastes, and energy) and energy) What does all this mean on a local level? And what can Orange County do to help achieve global sustainability? Three key foci for local community efforts are: • creating and maintaining an equitable, prosperous community where the basic needs of all are met and community involvement thrives; • preserving the ecological integrity ofthe natural landscape and resources; and • reducing consumption and waste production by using fewer resources and using them more efhgiently. Orange County can use means such as incentives, policies, regulations and education to promote sustalnabiltty and preserve its high quality of Ire. Setting policy goals. such as a goal to reduce automobile dependence, and establishing means to achieve move goals, such as spending public transit, promoting carpooling and building bicycle lanes, will move the county toward sustalnablllty. The SOCF Sustainabilify Committee crashed a prellminary set of 44 sustainabllity Indicators after reviewing a range of indicator work done in venous localities and entries, and in some cases consulting wM local experts on appropriate Inclusions. These indicators measure the tratua and trends for various aspects of sustainsbiltty. Taken together and used over lime, the Indicators can provide information on the overall health and sustainabllity of the community. and whether It Is handed toward or away frombecomingsustainable. As a result, the development of Indicators for the county becomes an important component of hs overall sustainabllity. The final section of this repot, Using Indicators Toward a Sustainabllity Plan, describes in mom detail the benema of tricking indicators and how nay can be used In planning for sustainabllity. 3