Environment

• Started and publicized Save the Mountain, which stopped an "unstoppable" 40-unit housing development on the slopes of the Mount Holyoke Range.
• Initiated the first nonsmokers' rights regulations in Northampton (in 1984).
• As a member of Hadley's Long Range Plan Implementation Committee, helped to create several smart-growth and environmental protection bylaws.
• Wrote two award-winning books that make the business case for going green (most recently, Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green)--and speak frequently on this topic.
• Have been writing about safe energy and the environment since 1974, and have been organizing on those issues since 1972.
• Solarized our 1743 farmhouse with both hot water and PV systems.
• Participated in the 1977 Seabrook nuclear power plant site occupation.

People

• Vista Volunteer for elders' rights organization for a year and a half--working on housing, energy, and other issues.
• Served on Northampton Disability Committee, six years.
• Served on District Attorney's Civil Rights Advisory Board.
• Served on Homesharing in Hampshire County Board.
• Two years on Pride March organizing committee.
• Long history of involvement with many peace, human rights, arts, environmental, and culture groups.

Community

• Hadley Long Range Plan Implementation Committee
• Pioneer Valley Local First
• Pioneer Valley Pro-Democracy Campaign
• Hadley Neighbors for Sensible Development (helped negotiate Lowes compromise that protected significant open space)
• National Writers Union
• Was on the Dance Spree collective for eight years
• Organized a year-long poetry series in Greenfield (1982)

Animals & Wildlife

• Vegetarian since 1973
• Through Save the Mountain, protected 85 acres of habitat

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