生态友好是构建可持续家园的环境基础。生态友好以人类可持续发展为着眼点，强调生态环境保护与建设和资源能源集约利用，重视资源和生态有限的支撑力，重视人类社会与生态环境的相互协调、共同发展。

　　生态环境是江苏传统人居天堂的重要元素。“天人合一”、“人地和谐”是江苏传统人居建设的核心理念。历史上的江苏凭借优美的自然山水环境，不断创造和完善，造就了众多自然环境与人工环境和谐共生的人居空间。

　　生态友好是江苏实现发展模式转变的必然要求。资源紧缺、人口密集、环境约束加剧的省情决定了江苏必须要在加快经济发展、建设人居环境的同时，有效削减污染排放、降低资源消耗、提高资源利用效率，注重环境保护和生态建设，促进人口、经济、社会与环境协调发展。

　　Eco-environment is the environment foundation to build a sustainable home. With sustainable development of human beings as the basis, eco-environment emphasizes on the protection and construction of eco-environment and intensive utilization of resources and energy, focuses on resources and limited support of eco-environment, as well as coordination and common development of human society and eco-environment.

　　Eco-environment is an important element of Jiangsu as a traditional habitat heaven. The ideas of harmony between human and nature as well as harmony between Nature and Human Beings are core philosophies of the traditional habitat construction of Jiangsu. Throughout history, Jiangsu, with its beautiful natural environment and constant creation and improvement, has built many harmonious habitat space in which natural environment is interdependent with artificial environment.

　　Eco-environment is a necessary demand for Jiangsu to realize transformation of development mode. The actual phenomenon, such as resource shortage, population concentration and intensifying environment bondage, determines that at the time of accelerating economic development and building habitat environment, Jiangsu has to effectively reduce pollution release and resource consumption, improve resource utilization efficiency, and emphasize environment protection and ecological construction, so as to promote balanced development of population, economy, society and environment.