ENVIRONMENT 9 Environmental Health, Justice & Equitable Development We envision healthy, prosperous, and beautiful neighborhoods. We support efforts that encourage entrepreneurial and responsible business solutions; a sustainable local food system; and collaborative community-based efforts that align research, policy, and practice and develop local environmental advocacy and leadership. Progress Highlights Farmers and gardeners across Detroit implemented innovative rainwater harvesting systems, learning solutions that would conserve both water and money. The integration of water stewardship into urban agriculture is one example of the many ways that grassroots communities are informing the sustainability movement. Planning processes such as the Detroit Environmental Agenda and the Office of Sustainability’s Sustain- ability Action Plan are designed to equitably engage residents, knitting together diverse voices and embedding them into a citywide sustainability agenda. View the video (right) at www.erbff.org/water