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A Sustainable Community balances commerce, residential living, recreation, transportation, clean air and water, culture, aesthetics, open spaces, and protection of wildlife and sensitive habitat. Each person plays an important role in maintaining a clean environment because cumulative impacts may result as the greatest contributor to pollution.

The City of Calabasas is also blessed with an abundant and diverse wildlife. Wildlife, consisting of plants, animals, and land, enriches our lives. Wildlife can protect soils from erosion, transcend urban noises, clean our air, and help clear our minds.

Ways you can promote wildlife habitat:

Don’t litter. Keep trash bags or ashtrays in places people are more likely to litter such as in your car.

Recycle and compost. Bottles, junk mail, oil, and coat hangers are just a few things that can be recycled. Organic matter (fruits, veggies, tea bags, coffee grinds, eggshells) and yard waste can be composted in a bin or on a spot of your backyard.

Eat lower on the food chain. Diverse habitat is converted to a homogenized grass field for grazing animals, which displaces plants and animals and yields less food than if fruits and veggies were planted.

Participate in tree planting and beach cleanup events.

Create habitats in your own backyard. Your local nursery can help you select native fire-resistant species to restore neighborhood habitat.

Promote land conservation, support national parks and land trusts. The Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy and Mountains Restoration Trust are just two of many organizations formed to preserve open space.