Sustainable Hastings

an effort of citizens for citizens for our home, our town, our planet 

Mission Statement & About Us & Contact Info

MISSION STATEMENT:
An African proverb states,
"If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together".
Well, we need to go far and quickly, in many arenas, especially the ones that affect our individual households, neighborhoods, businesses, and yes- Mama Earth.
Even for the biggest skeptic on the facts of Global Warming, our society (in particular) is challenged with some heavy environmental issues that can't be denied.
Not to mention- pollution & waste is just plain stupid.
Sustainable Hastings supports and understands that creating a restorative, responsive & healthy community is much more intelligent. It also makes perfect, smart sense economically.

SUSTAINABLE HASTINGS OBJECTIVES:
  • 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.
With business and industry, we advocate, promote & provide resources for sustainable practices such as:
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.
WE ARE:
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.

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