Policy Statement

1. Promote a culture focused on who we are rather than what we have.
2. Discourage sprawl and support high density urban development - leave the rural spaces rural.
3. Promote market solutions to problems associated with population growth, including planned, environmentally sensitive development.
4. Promote the cradle to cradle design paradigm and the use of natural, sustainable materials.
5. Reuse, reduce (consumption) and recycle.
6. Conserve resources and reduce waste.
7. Support organic foods and products.
8. Reduce economic dependence on petroleum and support the development of clean alternative energy sources.
9. Promote initiatives to decrease human impact on the climate.
10. Be stewards of the earth and recognize our place in nature.

The Role of The Sustany Foundation:

The Sustany Foundation facilitates the exchange of ideas and resources related to Sustany's mission.
• The Foundation serves as a gathering place and resource pool for people interested in advancing the organization's mission.
• Memberships are offered and members are encouraged to support the Foundation through contributions of resources (ideas, information, time and financial assistance).
• Scheduled regular meetings educate the membership and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and allocation of resources.
• Members are encouraged to formulate and promote initiatives and projects that advance the mission, and draw on the resources of the organization to execute their initiatives. · Resources provided by Sustany include volunteers, as well as financial assistance, for projects that fit within Sustany's mission and policy aims.
• Sustany provides a bridge between the membership and outside organizations with complementary missions through joint events and speaking opportunities. These organizations will have the opportunity to educate and inspire the membership, and access the resources of the community to the extent that they can generate interest in their own initiatives.
• Members are encouraged to promote initiatives that fit within the mission of the organization. As a promoter, the Member will prepare a simple plan stating the initiative, how it fits into the mission, the resource budget (money, volunteers, etc.), and a time table for execution. The plan will be submitted to the Resource Allocation Committee and, if approved, the Board will vote on allocation of resources. Initiatives in support of outside organizations that fit with the mission will be open for consideration.

Board of Directors

David Reed

“Sustainability is the necessary next step to ensure quality of life for ourselves and future generations. In Tampa Bay, our natural assets are especially unique and valuable to our lifestyle. Sustany is about creating a better community for ourselves, and in the process providing leadership for others.” - David Reed
Andrea Cheney
Jack Bevilacqua
Rich Clarendon
Sue Clarendon

"My son told me the other day that what he misses about Florida, when he’s up north at school, is the thunderstorms. This got me thinking about everything that I miss about Florida, even though I live here. My family moved to Miami almost forty years ago, and I fell in love with my new surroundings. Around the corner, on Old Cutler Road, lived an old, old woman in a little Cracker house, who as a little girl always carried a machete when she walked the footpath that became Old Cutler, in case she ran into a panther. I’m generations removed from her world, but I do remember mass migrations of hundreds of land crabs across that same road, and the daily monsoon rains, phenomena that don’t exist anymore. Of course, we were part of that huge population influx that continues to change Florida’s landscape and diminish its natural resources. So if I am part of that problem, for me it’s time to pay back – and look for solutions."
Brian Curry
Dewey Davis-Thompson

A GreenCorps, AmeriCorps, FPIRG and PeaceCorps alum, Dewey says "Green is the color of the heart chakra: the color of love. Let's make our home a comfortable, loving place for all species."