PEAT
Peaks Environmental Action Team, a volunteer group, meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at 25 Crescent Avenue. Through discussion, implementation and promotion of activities which sustain and improve the natural world on Peaks, we work to promote a lighter human footprint on our island environment.
Everyone who comes to PEAT meetings is welcome to promote a project. We do our best to give constructive criticism and support so that anyone can initiate new ideas and activities. As of now we are actively involved in:
investigating possibilities for generating wind power on Peaks
encouraging islanders to lessen their reliance on gas and electricity by air drying laundry on clotheslines
holding meetings and lectures to encourage sustainable gardening practices
launching a new community garden
Encouraging & facilitating recycling on the ferry and down front
Other projects of interest include establishing a swap shop at the transfer station, reducing harmful runoff from lawn fertilizers, and finding ways that the Dark Skies Initiative could be carried out on Peaks, but we don’t have enough people to man these projects adequately. Are you interested? Do you have other concerns? Join us!
PEAT represents the efforts of islanders to keep Peaks GREEN