OUR MISSION
To empower Iowans with the knowledge, experiences, tools, and inspiration needed to create a sustainable future for our communities.
OUR PRIORITIES 2008-2011
1. Leverage CEEE programs and expertise to raise public awareness around key energy and environmental issues and promote positive solution orientated responses
2. Create opportunities for UNI students and faculty to take leadership roles in creating more sustainable communities
3. Foster community energy and environmental leadership through working groups to develop dynamic new partnerships
4. Develop consulting services for businesses and community based and public sector organizations
5. Significantly increase funding levels to develop new and sustain existing CEEE programs
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Start at Home: We believe in the importance of demonstrating change first within our own lives, families, organizations and communities
Support Individual Learning: We believe that each individual aspires to a better future and will act on those aspirations when provided with experiential opportunities to learn, grow and engage with others in positive action
Provide a Positive, Hopeful Vision: We believe in seeing crises as opportunities and in holding out a positive, hopeful vision for the future
Recognize Inter-Connectedness: At the foundation of our work is a recognition that the fate of humanity is irrevocably tied to the fate of the biosphere
Stay Grounded in Science: We believe in the greatness of science as a tool for understanding our world and for grounding our aspirations in practical life
Work in Partnership: We believe in the importance of working with other groups and organizations to discover our shared values and realize our shared aspirations.
Public Policies Support Personal Change: We believe all positive social change flows from a change of heart within the individual. We also believe public policies can support or hinder this change of heart and the actions that would grow from it
OVERARCHING STRATEGIES
Positive, Experiential Education: Helping children, youth and adults make sense of complex environmental and energy related issues and participate in positive, solution oriented responses.
Facilitating Community Leadership: Bringing diverse stakeholders together to find common ground and work together to solve problems.
Promoting Innovation: Bringing together the knowledge and tools needed to foster innovative sustainable energy and environmental practices.
Consulting Services: Providing energy and environmental consulting services to communities, businesses, local governments and others across the nation.
Engaging UNI Students and Faculty: Creating opportunities for UNI students and faculty to take leadership role in creating more sustainable communities