Sustainability Pages
Task Force Members and Projects
Resources and Other UU Activity
NNED Green Sanctuary Congregations
350 Parts Per Million CO2 Campaign
Results of NNED Survey on Environmental Sustainability 2009 (pdf)
Sustainability
One definition of sustainability is as follows:
Sustainability refers to a way of living that maintains an ongoing balance between human impacts and the capacity of the natural world. This balanced state reconciles the benefits and limits of natural resources with just social well-being for humans, and a secure future for all of life.
To live sustainably is to direct our efforts and actions towards the wellbeing of the biosphere that is our home. To live sustainably presupposes love and tolerance toward not only one's kin, but the whole Earth community, and stands against injustice and abuse. As members of one interdependent, living system, we are called to manifest compassion, foresight, and frugality and to take voluntary action to preserve the future of life on Earth.
In response to the need to live in more sustainable ways, the Northern New England District encourages its leadership and members to move forward toward the goal of sustainable living. The NNED provides leadership through NNED Staff Policy and commitment to do its work in more sustainable ways, through the NNED Sustainability Task Force, and supported by the many resources particularly including Green Sanctuary, Ministry for Earth, and UUSC currently available to help us all move in this direction.