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The Alliance was established
in 1996 as a nonprofit organization and received
tax-exempt status in 2001. The realization that
our region needed an organization to focus attention on
issues of sustainability brought us together. ASF
is an alliance of individuals representing many
different communities, religious faiths, and advocacy
groups in the Philadelphia area.
We bring a
global context for solutions to local problems and a
local context for solutions to global problems.
All things are related, so the decisions we make today
can affect our health and our environment tomorrow.
Rather than simply stating problems, we try to emphasize
solutions and present successful projects.
It is not our
intent to compete with or duplicate the efforts of other
organizations. Instead, we offer support or
collaboration for projects that promote sustainability.
Since
its inception, ASF has brought attention to the
numerous, complex aspects of society that are
unsustainable and has promoted best practices based on
the foundation principles of the
Earth Charter.
ASF has attracted and convened hundreds of
sustainability-minded advocates in this region.
Our leader volunteers have organized task forces and
coalitions to work with local, state and federal
governmental efforts, and with other non-profit
organizations. We have produced successful
conferences, seminars and workshops, and have launched
successful projects. Our past efforts have focused
on air quality, water quality, food quality,
transportation, sprawl, energy and climate instability,
inter-municipal cooperation, pollution, population,
over-consumption, open-space, and responsible life
styles as global citizens.
Now,
sustainability issues from global warming to social
justice are issues that have moved from rare and avoided
in our media just two years ago, to be a mainstay of
topics, almost on a daily basis.
Nonetheless,
apathy and resistance to change by the general public,
and those in business, remain as obstacles for
accomplishing all that must be accomplished in the
world, soon. The fuel needed to bring true
sustainability back into our region is a shift in
worldview – a relearning the language of fuller
community, a renewal of belonging to each other and the
land.
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The Alliance for a Sustainable
Future
is pointing to a new way of being
for the emerging age of co-creative individuals
toward a sustainable culture of belonging, renewal
and joy.
We
encourage all who share our concerns and hopes for
the future
to
join us as members of the Alliance*. |
*
See the printable list of
2006 Board Members.
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