Vision

The vision of the I-SEA is to be an integral, positive force for multiple communities, organizations, and individuals that are striving to practice sustainability and to play a facilitating role through education, research, and related services in the achievement of sustainability processes and outcomes. The overarching and interweaving I-SEA imperative is to connect people with one another and with the planet in ways that are holistic, respectful, and celebratory. While the I-SEA cannot be “everything to everybody”, it does aspire to identify and encourage sustainability values and “best practices” in cooperation with many communities, organizations, and individuals within and beyond Salt Spring and the other Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada.

In realizing this vision, among the several activities that are currently being planned for I-SEA are: conducting workshops, conferences, seminars, courses, programs, and other educational events on the concept and practice of community, organizational, and individual sustainability, which we define as long-term quality of life; undertaking research on the concept and practice of sustainability, including sustainability assessments, the results of which will be made available to the public; providing scholarships and prizes for scholastic achievement in the development of the concept and practice of sustainability; and, delivering other sustainability education services as appropriate to local, regional, and international stakeholders. I-SEA is currently continuing to develop as an organization and welcomes input from all sustainability advocates, analysts, and practitioners in how it can best serve the sustainability education and action needs of its multiple stakeholders. I-SEA also invites organizational partners and allies in the business, government, and civil society sectors who wish to be involved in its sustainability mission.

I-SEA is a registered non-profit society in British Columbia, Canada, and is directed by a board of non-profit and for-profit organization representatives. For more information, contact either Margery Moore or Mark Starik (co-founders) at sustain@saltspring.com, or at 124 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2S8 Canada (250-537-4400).