By 1958, trash collection programs were established and backyard incinerators were finally banned. Achieving the proposed air quality standards in the future will require at least as strong a commitment as the residents and officials made in the 1940s when they first decided to do something. Bearing in mind the system conditions mentioned above when making decisions on further development, moving steadily towards sustainability will assure a positive future. Eventually the transition will have to be made. The health of our local, regional and global economies depends on the health of the environmental base on which it stands.
Growth is inevitable.
Time and again, we as a society have faced perceived shortages in resources. With such advances, our obligation to consider the welfare of future generations when using resources has become easier. We must adopt the principles of sustainability now, allowing technology to catch up, increasing the abundance of those same resources for future generations.