- Take Action: Are you moved by the urgency of environmental crisis to take action on a local level in Novato?
- Learn: Would you like to learn more about sustainability and how it can apply to your business, home, schools and community?
- Outreach: Can you provide support or expertise in special areas such as community outreach, business outreach, marketing, recycling, green building, green schools, community gardens, waste management or watershed ecology?
- Network: Are you a green business owner who would like to network and get the word out about your business?
Sustainable Novato steering committee meets monthly in Novato. Guest speakers are often featured. Public is warmly invited. Please contact Sustainable Novato to be notified by e-mail of future meeting dates and locations.
Board Members 2008
John Schlag, President
Marie Chan, Vice President Environmental Health
Donn Davy, Vice President Green Building
Ed Mainland, Secretary
John D. Quinley, Treasurer
Annan Paterson, Board Member At-Large
Jeanne Santangelo, Interim Development Director
2008 OFFICERS FOR SUSTAINABLE NOVATO
New officers elected January 17, 2008 to head Sustainable Novato, a grass-roots, all-volunteer, non-profit group that promotes sustainable policies and practices throughout the Novato community.
John Schlag, President
Active in Safe Routes to Schools and the Marin Bicycle Coalition, served on the former Novato Strategic Plan Oversight Committee (SPOC), former chair NUSD Energy Task Force. He is SONY Pictures Imageworks manager at Hamilton. Active in solar power initiatives.
Ms. Chan, Vice President Environmental Health Chair,
acting chair of the Green Schools Coalition of Novato, chairs the Internal Air Quality (IAQ) Steering Committee implementing EPA "Tools for Schools." She is a partner in the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE), serves on the NUSD Integrated Pest Management Committee.
Donn Davy, Vice President Green Building Chair
A certified Green Points Rater, member of the Marin County Energy Management Team, and home performance analyst with Renu of San Anselmo. Original founder of the Bay Area Environmental Education Resource (BAEER) Faire.
John Quinley, Treasurer
Chair, Buiding Task force, Unitarian Universalist Church and a volunteer with the Church's "Green Sanctuary" program, a retired Electrical Power Engineer from CPUC and former consultant to the Cogeneration Service Bureau, Focus on Alternative Generation.
Ed Mainland, Secretary
Co-Chair, Energy-Climate Committee, Sierra Club California, Marin Community Choice Aggregation Environmental Ombudsman, Sustainable Novato's Zero Waste representative on the Green Coalition for Responsible Waste/Resource Management, founding member Friends of Novato Creek.
Annan Paterson, At-Large
An NUSD counselor, College of Marin Board Member, graduate of the Environmental Forum of Marin's "Sustainable Marin" program for community leaders, founding member of the Novato Independent Business Alliance (NiBA) currently serving on steering committee, founding member United for Safe Schools Novato, serves on the NUSD IPM Committee.
Jeanne Santangelo, Interim Development Director
Writes "The Lazy Gardener" column on sustainable landscaping and living for the Novato Advance, is Development Director for both Sustainable Novato and the non-profit Casa Allegra Community Services that supports "Community Living, Education & Employment Opportunities for People With Disabilities" in Marin.
Sustainable Novato is actively soliciting board members. Our intention is to have a number of Vice Presidents with special areas of expertise.
