The purpose of this publication is to expand regional awareness of the wide range of options for sustainable endeavor, and to promote new and ongoing innovation and collaboration. We also hope to encourage policy makers and government agencies to embrace and facilitate the innovations that link individuals and communities to a sustainable future.
What is a Good Example?
The case studies included in this publication have been selected for promoting environmental and community health through activities that enhance regional economic vitality. Or put another way, how they contribute to economic vitality in a manner consistent with environmental health and community well being.
The individuals, businesses and organizations highlighted are at the leading edge of sustainability efforts. They are working to actualize, create, define, and refine the concepts, tools and techniques needed to make a sustainable world a reality.
Too often the abstraction of definition occupies our minds, causing us to ignore or overlook the importance of practice. The goal of this publication is not to define sustainability, but to acknowledge good work, to celebrate good examples in practice.
A Reader's Guide
The case studies presented here are a snapshot of lives, businesses and organizations from around the region. Like a picture, these case studies don't presume to tell the whole story. They simply offer a glimpse of people hard at work. It is hoped that readers will find these case studies interesting and inspirational, and in the process will be motivated to support these endeavors and others like them in their own backyard.
Download a pdf of the publication, contact JSDI to get a hardcopy, or read online about these Good Examples:
Jefferson State Forest Products
Uses material from restoration and ecologically sound forestry to employ rural workers to manufacture furniture, flooring and other specialty wood products.
Prather Ranch
Provides dry-aged organic and natural beef to local and regional markets, and finds new markets for traditional ranch products.
Energy Outfitters
Provides clients a path to energy independence utilizing sustainable and renewable energy.
Potawot Health Village
of the United Indian Health Services Integrates individual health care for Native Americans with the health of the broader community and surrounding environment.
Small Woodlands Services
Provides a full spectrum of forestry services, primarily for small landowners, from planting and restoration, to planning, fuels reduction and harvest.
Aleutian Goose Festival
Celebrates birds, cultural heritage and other natural wonders of California's north coast, while providing significant contribution to the local economy.
Redwood Community Action Agency
Provides a diverse range of services and opportunities to low and moderate income residents of Humboldt County.
Sun Frost
Manufactures energy efficient refrigerators and other products for sustainable living.
The booklet also includes a Regional Atlas with maps that provide a glimpse of shared features on our physical and social landscape.
