/ Sustainability

Resources

Small steps, big changes! 

The resources listed below can support your work in helping to create a more sustainable community and world. It takes all of us working together, using our personal skills and talents to create change.

Education (K-12 Students and听Faculty)
  • ExploreHope offers children an opportunitiy to explore, learn and grow. They host engaging K鈥�12 student camps and teacher trainings and have an equipment and curriculum lending library with resources like air and water quality monitors.
  • Join local organizations like the  or the City of Holland
  • Great resources are available for the classroom as well as funding opportunities and an annual awards program by: 
    • Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) < and
  •  , and
Businesses
  •  resources for stormwater management and a landscape company "Seal of Approval" program
  • Attend meetings for the
  • The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy offers .
  • Evaluate your energy usage with and explore rebates and incentives for energy efficiency and electric vehicles.
  •  aims to create a collaborative network of businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs where one organization鈥檚 hard-to-recycle waste and by-products becomes another organization鈥檚 raw material.
  • The EPA鈥檚 ENERGY STAR  wants to help your business save money and energy
  • Evaluate your waste streams and recycle with help from organizations like  , , and
  • Look at certifications like 鈥溾�� as a way to evaluate your business practices.
  • Add vehicles with higher miles per gallon, hybrids or electric vehicles to your work fleet 鈥� use the  or the
Community Members
  • Participate with the City of Holland  or
  • Upgrade your home with
  • Take courses through the (HASP)
  • When purchasing a new vehicle consider switching to vehicles with higher miles per gallon, hybrids or electric vehicles 鈥� check out this  or the
  • Eat and shop local
    •  and 
    • Join a
  • Learn about and what you can do to help protect our native animals and vegetation
  • Calculate your or
  • ,  from the EPA, , and .
Local
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State and Regional
  • Report an environmental violation to the  or
National