Pass the Potatoes

Give us your ideas on improving our conservation of natural resources.

Did you know that Americans collectively use an average of 26 billion gallons of water each day or that almost one-third of the residential waste generated in the United States is packaging? We want to grow and prosper as a city, but we want to do so in a responsible way, one that respects the planet's finite resources. Thinking about what we use and how we use it is not only responsible but could jumpstart a local "green economy" that provides jobs and taps into our population's ingenuity and productivity.

What can Omaha do to ensure that resource conservation continues to occur, even in the midst of community growth? What are you doing to conserve natural resources that could be implemented on a citywide scale?