Lauren Baumann's Page
Profile Information
- Wild Gift Affiliation:
- Recipient, Board Member
- Year of Wild Gift Award:
- 2006-07
- Current Address:
- 41 Simpson Ave. Apt 1
Somerville, MA 02144
USA
- Phone Number:
- 516-236-1926
- Email Address:
- laurenbaumann2003@yahoo.com
- Conservation/Sustainability Areas of Interest:
- Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmentally Sensitive Housing (for everyone...)
Local/Regional Food Systems
"Green-Collar" Jobs and Economic Development
The Nexus Between Urban Sustainability and Wildlands Preservation
- Current Work Title:
- Vice President
- Current Work Website:
- http://www.newecology.org
- Current Work Mission and Description:
- New Ecology, Inc. is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote sustainable development in low income urban communities. We accomplish this mission by helping community-based non-profit organizations make their affordable housing development projects as energy efficient, healthy, durable, and environmentally sensitive as possible. Over the past year the Lighten the Load program has been adopted by New Ecology, and thus the organization now provides analysis and recommendations for greening existing affordable housing as well.
New Ecology provides sustainable development and green affordable housing education through trainings and forums as well as research that focuses on the practical application of development solutions that provide positive environmental, economic, and social returns.
Please note that the NEI website is in the process of a revamp, so check back soon for an updated version.
Wild Gift Project
Project Title
Lighten the Load
Mission, Goal, and Results
The mission of Lighten the Load, during 2006/07, is to successfully encourage three affordable housing managers in the Boston metropolitan area to make their existing housing projects as resource efficient as possible using green building retrofit techniques. The long range goal of Lighten the Load is to improve the environmental performance and reduce the operating costs of affordable housing, while improving the health of the low-income residents.
Within five years, Lauren expects the project to be supported by a variety of local as well as national organizations and adopted by a majority of the community development corporations who manage affordable housing projects in Massachusetts.
Lauren’s personal purpose is to visualize and actualize a more just and sustainable society.
Lighten the Load
Mission, Goal, and Results
The mission of Lighten the Load, during 2006/07, is to successfully encourage three affordable housing managers in the Boston metropolitan area to make their existing housing projects as resource efficient as possible using green building retrofit techniques. The long range goal of Lighten the Load is to improve the environmental performance and reduce the operating costs of affordable housing, while improving the health of the low-income residents.
Within five years, Lauren expects the project to be supported by a variety of local as well as national organizations and adopted by a majority of the community development corporations who manage affordable housing projects in Massachusetts.
Lauren’s personal purpose is to visualize and actualize a more just and sustainable society.
Lauren Baumann's Blog
Lighten the Load - An Update and New Initiatives
Lighten the Load has found its feet. Born with the support of the Wild Gift program and made successful through the insightful guidance of a nation-wide network of advisors and mentors, Lighten the Load had a successful first year. In this year it provided a select group of affordable housing managers in the States of Massachusetts with the technical assistance and support necessary to retrofit their existing affordable housing projects to reduce their environmental footprint and operating costs… Continue
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 9:44pm —
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I wish you wonderful travels back to your Somerville home. We discussed a possible board meeting in the Boston area sometime soon - so perhaps our paths will cross then.
I can't wait to get out hard shell kayaking with you next summer. Check out the 5 day whitewater kayaking clinics at MKC, the Madawaska Kanu Centre.
http://www.owl-mkc.ca/mkc/
As we discussed, they have superb instruction, food, and location right on the Madawaska River. I recommend going in July (after black fly season). It would be a really fun thing to do with one or more friends or solo.
It was such a wonderful trip this week! Wishing you a most graceful transition.
Peace,
heather