In a little spot Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, the Brooklyn neighborhood known as DUMBO has taken a dramatic step into the green era by launching a sustainability program called SEED. Smart Environmental Efforts in DUMBO is designed with a "foundation of five initiatives that encourage public recycling, alternative modes of transportation, consumption reduction, greater energy efficiency, and environmental education."
A project of the DUMBO Improvement District, SEED is a public and private partnership with one basic purpose in mind: to showcase the ways environmental action can happen on the most local level. Partners include New York City Department of Transportation, the New York City Department of Sanitation, the Doe Fund Inc., the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Consolidated Edison Inc., Community Energy Inc., New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Galapagos Art Space and Recycle-a-Bicycle.
The program is to be implemented in three phases: implementation, action and education. Each these phases essentially engages the community's most important stakeholders-it's residents--and empowers them with the tools necessary to bring environmentalism literally home.
Much like Levittown, NY, DUMBO is taking the approach that without the individual effort from community residents, sustainability can't happen. Much like the adage, "All politics is local," so, apparently, is going green.
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