Sustainable Detroit represents the efforts of many people and organizations around Detroit who have put in tremendous effort on behalf of the city and region to build a better future in this post-industrial age. Sustainable Detroit itself is just a gateway of information to those varied and tremendous efforts. It does not begin to completely catalog those efforts, but it is a starting point for understanding the wealth of good work that occurs here.
We have been committed to being a source of information on sustainability efforts that is not “owned” by any one organization or perspective. While not registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit entity, neither is it a privately owned company. It’s just a website, folks. Run by volunteers. And fueled by a lot of love.
Starting in 2009, Sustainable Detroit restructured itself. While still primarily fueled by volunteer work, it is also officially endorsed and guided by it’s anchor organizations, key institutions for sustainability in Detroit. These anchor organizations are: City of Detroit Green Task Force, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, Greening of Detroit, Transportation Riders United and WARM Training Center.
Behind the Scenes:
Sustainable Detroit was formed from volunteer efforts of a small committee of folks who had been working on the Adamah project (which had a history of its own). In the interests of transparency, those people were Sanjay Arora, Jacob Corvidae, Jim Embry, Martha Lincoln, Claire Maitre and Drake Meadows. Over the years, various volunteers moved on and new volunteers provided support with primary oversight being maintained by Sanjay Arora, Jacob Corvidae and Martha Lincoln. The site and some marketing efforts have been paid for primarily through financial donations from The Women of Gaia (Great Lakes Basin), Martha Lincoln and anonymous supporters.
In 2009, Sustainable Detroit is managed by the anchor organizations with staffing supplied through volunteer efforts by Sanjay Arora, April Boyle and Jacob Corvidae.