The Sustainable Hanover initiative involves two groups - The Hanover Sustainability Plan Steering Committee, which is charged with developing an action
plan for helping Hanover become a true eco-municipality and the
Sustainable Hanover Committee (SHC), an official Town committee that will
help manage the ultimate implementation of the Hanover Sustainability Plan. The Sustainable Hanover Committee oversees and coordinates community efforts to ensure that Hanover remains a resilient eco-municipality, in which residents thrive in challenging and ever-changing economic and environmental circumstances. This committee serves as a central 'clearinghouse' that helps coordinate the various efforts of the Steering Committee working groups, the Town Department/Staff Initiatives, as well as all the work related to this topic that occurs in the context of current official and unofficial town groups.  The Sustainable Hanover Committee evolved from the Recycling Committee and remains a work in progress, like this web site. The Hanover Select Board supported the following 'charge' for the SHC: The purpose of the Sustainable Hanover Committee (SHC) is to help assure a resilient, prosperous and healthy community for present and future residents, and to assure that Hanover does its part to sustain a healthy ecosystem and social well-being throughout our region and the interdependent nations of the earth. In order to achieve this end, the SHC shall: 1. Advise the Selectmen and Town Manager on policies and practices that will contribute to sustainable prosperity and well-being for the community, and assist the Selectmen, the Town Manager, and Town departments in implementing policies and practices intended to achieve these goals. 2. Provide a clearinghouse and linkages for the several committees, commissions, institutions, and volunteer groups who are addressing the issues affecting sustainability including energy, waste management, mobility and transportation, food and agriculture, education, and land use. 3. Oversee the development and implementation of a town sustainability plan, with assistance from a steering committee of residents and Town staff. 4. Educate people who reside and work in Hanover regarding challenges to sustainable prosperity and well-being and ways to address these challenges and to enhance our long-term welfare. Sustainable Hanover Committee Members: Larry Litten (Co-chair) Lyn Swett Miller (Co-chair) Chris Soderquist (Systems Consultant) Julia Griffin (Town Manager) Peter Kulbacki (Hanover Public Works) Betsy Smith (Hanover Public Works) Willie Black Mary Ann Cadwallader Chris Kennedy, UK Architects The Hanover Sustainability Plan Steering Committee provides oversight for the 7 (seven) Action Groups that will spend the next year developing a Hanover Sustainability Plan. To learn more about these Action Groups, please visit each of their pages on this site: Hanover Sustainability Plan Action Groups Public Communications & Media Energy Food / Agriculture Land Use Schools / Education Transportation / Mobility Waste / Recycling Each Action Group is co-facilitated by a member of the Steering Committee as well as a member at large from the community. Here are the names of those involved in the Steering Committee: Hanover Sustainability Plan Steering Committee Bob Norman, Climate Protection Campaign, NH Sierra Club Chris Soderquist, Pontifex Consulting Emily Neumann, Hanover Coop Jeannie Kornfeld, Hanover High School Jeff Colt, Hanover High School Jim Nourse, Richmond Middle School Julia Griffin, Manager, Town of Hanover Larry Litten, Dartmouth College administrator (retired) Leslie Connolly, Ray Elementary School Lyn Swett Miller, Chair, Hanover Recycling Committee Marissa Knodel, student, Dartmouth College Marjorie Rogalski, Climate Protection Plan Nicole Marcoe, Richmond Middle School Stephen Shadford, Dartmouth College staff |