NEST Inc. Mission

NEST Inc, is an umbrella organization which supports community-building and the development of alternative futures. NEST attracts concerned, committed, and cooperating people and provides a conducive environment which empowers its members to act on social, environmental, and economic initiatives.


Vision

NEST, a unique non-profit organization and community resource, will become recognized for encouraging and co-sponsoring creative, innovative, and responsive alternatives for the benefit of our local and global communities. As a real support structure for a diverse range of interests, NEST Inc, will become an important contributor to the social and economic health of the community.

To further its mission, NEST will:

* Nurture the development of cooperative, life-enhancing approaches to problem-solving with special emphasis on application to the local community.

* Provide a vehicle by which emergent structures can interface with conventional structures.

* Promote the emergence of a network of cooperators for improvement of the quality of life in the community.


Functions/Processes/Scope

NEST Inc, will support a central office operation sufficient to manage the requirements and specific demands on the organization to coordinate its diverse support activities. To the full extent of the powers invested in the organization, NEST Inc, will utilize its primary resources of people, skills, networks of interest groups, material assets, and the continually changing information environment to form, incubate, support, and spin-off projects of high value to its members and the larger community. NEST Inc, will support and co-sponsor a diverse range of projects including education, development of appropriate technology, micro enterprise, community information networks and services, land and environmental conservation, cultural events, social action intiatives, innovative economic development projects which encourage community self reliance and ownership of economic institutions, and other community-building projects.

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