Sustainable Hastings
an effort of citizens for citizens for our home, our town, our planet
About Sustainable Hastings & Low Carbon Diet Resources
WE ARE:
Deann Cartwright
Elisa Zazzera
Haven Colgate
Jackie Lhoumeau
SUSTAINABLE HASTINGS MISSIONS:
Replacing toxic materials with safer ones; pollution & waste minimization; energy efficiency & renewable energy sources; design for re-usability & recyclability; buildings, infrastructure, and industrial processes designed based on insights from nature. With households & neighborhoods, we provide healthier, more cost-effective living through personal passion & creativity and collaboration.
We are the local exchange network that will enhance cooperative purchasing & generate workable new ideas to promote DEEP ECONOMY.
LOCAL PRIORITIES:
Here are the priorities that the Hastings Board of Trustees handed to the Conservation Commission:
1) Greening the municipality
2) Pesticides
3) Leaf blowers
4) Deer population
5) Green building/remodeling code
6) Waterfront
7) Walkability
8) Indian point
Deann Cartwright
Elisa Zazzera
Haven Colgate
Jackie Lhoumeau
CONTACT US:
info@sustainablehastings.org
Please let us know if you'd like to be on our e-mail list - we will not share your address with any other organization without your permission, and will send you occasional updates about Sustainable Hastings events.
VILLAGEGREEN FORUM:
villagegreen.sustainablehastings.org
Express your thoughts and ideas, issues to pursue, solutions to offer, see what others have to say - join our forum! Sign up with a username and password and you're all set.
info@sustainablehastings.org
Please let us know if you'd like to be on our e-mail list - we will not share your address with any other organization without your permission, and will send you occasional updates about Sustainable Hastings events.
VILLAGEGREEN FORUM:
villagegreen.sustainablehastings.org
Express your thoughts and ideas, issues to pursue, solutions to offer, see what others have to say - join our forum! Sign up with a username and password and you're all set.
SUSTAINABLE HASTINGS MISSIONS:
- Providing as many resources & as much support as possible to make smarter choices that help weed out your most damaging practices, while keeping much of what really makes life worth living.
- Creating a place to network & talk to one another about producing results that indicate; a higher quality of life for residents, a more effective use of resources, and attraction for the kinds of business & economic development that will sustain long into the future...
- Sharing Visionary Solutions for: Greening our economy, Restoring our ecosystem, Protecting Green Spaces & Building Community.
Replacing toxic materials with safer ones; pollution & waste minimization; energy efficiency & renewable energy sources; design for re-usability & recyclability; buildings, infrastructure, and industrial processes designed based on insights from nature. With households & neighborhoods, we provide healthier, more cost-effective living through personal passion & creativity and collaboration.
We are the local exchange network that will enhance cooperative purchasing & generate workable new ideas to promote DEEP ECONOMY.
LOCAL PRIORITIES:
Here are the priorities that the Hastings Board of Trustees handed to the Conservation Commission:
1) Greening the municipality
2) Pesticides
3) Leaf blowers
4) Deer population
5) Green building/remodeling code
6) Waterfront
7) Walkability
8) Indian point
LOW CARBON DIET (LCD) RESOURCES:
Welcome Teams!
Please check put our VillageGreen Forum - there is a Category set up for LCD participants, and some discussion topics already set up - but feel free to set up your own!!
LCD Links:
LCD Workbook Website
LCD Household Carbon Footprint Calculator
Files to download as needed:
LCD Workbook pages 47-50 (PDF)
Carbon Counter Sheet (PDF)
Global Warming Cafe Sign-up Sheets:
Team Sign Up
Team Meetings
Team Meetings - All Teams
Other Footprint Calculators:
Ecological Footprint