Text Box: sustainability: choosing to meet today’s needs in ways that will give future generations the ability to meet their needs as well or better sustainability: developing habits of only taking what we need; reducing toxins & waste; thinking of others’ needs present and future; recognizing that all beings on earth: animals and plants, wind and water, forests and wetlands, as well as humans belong to a single interconnected fabric on which we all depend for life sustainable community: A community working toward environmental responsibility economic vitality social cohesiveness and spiritual vibrancy for the sake of those who will come after them Text Box: HOW do we work? Create: partnerships for sustainability Educate: newsletter, media, website, study groups, schools Demonstrate: Green Pioneer Homes, Farmers Market, curbside recycling, Earth Day, rainbarrels, “KY’s greenest, most sustainable rural community” Advocate: local food/crafts, smart growth, energy conservation, green schools & churches Generate: funding to support our work

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Text Box: MISSION New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future is a community non-profit organization founded in Washington County KY in 2005 to promote sustainable thinking and sustainable development in order to ensure a healthy, safe, and prosperous future for all.

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