There is hereby created the Green Team in the Township of Bethlehem
for the purpose of instituting sustainable environmental practices
within the territorial limits of the Township of Bethlehem in order
to build a community that is environmentally responsible, cost effective,
and a productive and healthy place to live, learn and work.
The Green Team shall have the power to conduct research on sustainable
environmental practices and may coordinate the activities of unofficial
bodies organized for similar purposes and may advertise, prepare,
print and distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which,
in its judgment, it deems necessary for its purposes. The Green Team
shall have the power to study and make recommendations to the Township
governing body with regards to sustainable environmental practices.
The Green Team may participate in various certification programs,
including but not limited to community education and outreach; education
for sustainability programs; energy audit for municipal facilities;
wind ordinance; sustainable land use pledge; farmland preservation;
open space plan; Environmental Commission, natural resource inventory;
tree planting programs, and recycling depot. The Green Team shall
act as the coordinating agency of the Township on sustainable environmental
practices and as a liaison between conservation needs and regional,
county, state and federal agencies and private agencies ministering
to those needs.