/ 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 , City of Holland  or
  • 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
  • 鈥 School meal resources, funding opportunities and information
  •  , 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