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Dear Community Member,

Back in the 1990’s, a group of local citizens began a grassroots effort to help our communities become and remain places where people could live and thrive in a way that would allow their children and grandchildren to enjoy the same healthy, pristine, beautiful environment that we love today. In addition to protecting the natural environment, they wanted a stable economy where businesses could thrive and families could make a comfortable living right here in the Chequamegon Bay region.

The Alliance for Sustainability, the nonprofit organization that they formed in 1996, has grown from the conversations of their early meetings to an organization that has helped the Chequamegon Bay become a recognized state leader in sustainability. You’ve probably heard of or participated in Pie & Politics, Natural Step Study Circles, and other programs that have deepened our individual and collective commitments to sustainability.

With a new sense of urgency about the environment, global climate change, and economic instability, more and more people are looking for ways to live and support more sustainable lifestyles. You can do that by becoming a member of the Alliance for Sustainability. The Alliance needs your financial support to implement projects that benefit our community.

Please become a member now as we launch our first “Lead the Way” membership campaign. It will help us remain a grassroots organization, supported by area citizens instead of external resources. As a member you will receive newsletters and invitations to participate in our events, and you’ll know that you have made a difference in your community. The attached form suggests membership levels and you can mail it back with your tax-deductible contribution or become a member online with your credit card. The contribution you make now will cover your annual membership through 2010. You can also make a gift membership for friends and family who love the area and wish to protect it.

Strong commitment, a good plan, and enthusiastic volunteers helped us make progress with projects like these:

  • We’ve built the Green Team Network in 18 business, government, education, and community organizations. It’s now being replicated in other U.S. communities.
  • In coordination with the Governor’s Office of Energy Independence, we’ve become one of ten Energy Independent Pilot Communities in Wisconsin. The Alliance has assisted the Counties of Ashland and Bayfield, Cities of Ashland, Washburn, and Bayfield, Towns of Bayfield and La Pointe, the Red Cliff Band, and Bay Area Rural Transit in gathering baseline energy data for our region. Energy experts are now using the data to identify the greatest cost-saving measures and renewable energy opportunities for our region. Local governments are already saving money as a result of this work.
  • Campaign Sustain brought energy education with compact fluorescent light bulbs, cost-savings and BART passes door-to-door to thousands of area residents in 2007 & 2008.

    • Your membership contribution will “lift up” the next phases for each of these regional projects and help us offer educational events like Pie & Politics. Please help us continue to Lead the Way! If you have questions, please call our office or any of the Alliance officers.

    Thank you!
    With gratitude,

    Patty Dreier
    Executive Director

    Kelly Westlund
    Assistant Director

Click Here to become a member today!