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Jan. 23, 2009 - Sustainable Alachua County Hosts Community Stakeholder Meeting

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Are you wondering how to create sustainable change in our community? Do you want to be engaged with improving environmental, social, and economic conditions around you?

 

Sustainable Alachua County Hosts Community Stakeholder Meeting, February 12, 2009

 

Sustainable Alachua County (SAC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 to promote discussion and action on issues of sustainability. The mission of Sustainable Alachua County is to provide education and civic participation opportunities that enhance the sustainability and healthy functioning of our environmental, social/cultural, and economic systems.

 

Sustainable Alachua County is currently reassessing and realigning their mission and goals to best meet the needs of the community. SAC will host a stakeholder meeting on February 12, 2009, 7-9pm in the Fellowship Hall at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 100 N.E. 1st Street, Gainesville, FL  32601.

 

President of the SAC Board, Susan Marynowski, notes "With a tighter economy and the effects of global climate change, we are seeing a surging interest in sustainable living. We are eager for the community -- in the broadest sense -- to tell us how SAC can best serve as a hub or clearinghouse for sustainability education.” Sustainable Alachua County is inviting the public to participate and share ideas of how SAC can help the community work and live more efficiently.

 

The meeting will feature a short presentation on SAC’s history, by Susan Marynowski as well as a short presentation by Sean McClendon, Alachua County Sustainability Manager, on the recent report of the Alachua County Energy Conservation Strategies Committee. Professional facilitators, Bruce Delaney and Wendy-Lin Bartels will lead the meeting to assess sustainability resources in the community, and identify the role SAC can play in identifying and providing resources.

 

Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to sustainableac@gmail.com

 

For more information about SAC, see the Sustainable Alachua County website http://sustainac.org/about-us/

 

Download, Print, and Post PDF flier as needed:

/members/StephenFoster/files/SAC mtg flyer.pdf

 

 

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