The U.S. Army also in on the Sustainability Action

The U.S. Army's Fort Lewis base in Washington state has pledged to purchase 10% of its annual electricity needs as renewable energy certificates as a committment to use more renewable energy. As part of this committment, it has also purchasing wind power from wind farms in eastern Washington and Oregon.

Here is a link to a presentation about Ft. Lewis' Sustainability Program. Included in the presentation is a list of 12 goals laid out back in September 2002:

1. Reduce traffic congestion and air emissions by 85% by 2025
2. Reduce air pollutants from training without a reduction in training
activity
3. Reduce stationary source air emissions by 85% by 2025
4. Sustain all activities on post using renewable energy sources and generate
all electricity on post by 2025
5. All facilities adhere to the LEED Platinum standard for sustainable
facilities by 2025
6. Cycle all material use to achieve ZERO net waste by 2025
7. Attain healthy, resilient Fort Lewis and regional lands
that support training, ecosystem, cultural, and economic
values by 2025
8. Recover all listed and candidate federal species in
South Puget Sound Region
9. ZERO discharge of wastewaters to Puget Sound by 2025
10. Reduce Fort Lewis potable water consumption by 75%
by 2025
11. Fort Lewis contributes no pollutants to Groundwater
and has remediated all contaminated groundwater by
2025
12. Develop an effective regional aquifer and watershed
management program by 2012