Minerva, NY 12851
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Our Mission - Planet Minerva’s mission is to encourage and support community self-sufficiency through green employment opportunities, hands-on learning experiences and community projects.
Our Vision - The vision of Planet Minerva is to strengthen and empower our community to become self-sufficient, sustainable and harmonious with our human and natural environment.
Planet - A heavenly body regarded as exerting an influence on mankind.
Minerva - the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic, and the inventor of music. She is often depicted with an owl, her sacred creature and, through this connection, a symbol of wisdom. Her festival was held from March 19th -23rd .
Our Slogan - Why Not?
Our Motto - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Initial Areas of Focus:
Outdoor community gardening, vegetable processing and storing
Sustainable Forest Management – utilizing our natural resource
Reduce the carbon footprint of the town through energy efficiency and alternative energy production
Explore affordable housing, including alternative housing such as straw bale construction
Monthly meeting - second Wednesday of every month, all are welcome 7:00 PM Town Hall Upper Level
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Minerva, NY 12851
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