Programs
Air Quality
- Promoting innovative transportation and renewable energy projects to reduce emissions
Awareness & Education
- Bringing information about sustainable practices to the region through education and outreach
Local Food & Green Living
- Promoting local agriculture, sustainable living, and active lifestyles
Green Business
- A network of businesses committed to sustainability
Green Schools
- Teaching earth-friendly behaviors and helping area schools to Go Green - with real results
Green Growth
- Promoting coordinated and cooperative regional planning
Recycling & Waste Reduction
- Promoting solid waste reduction, reuse, and recycling
Air Quality
The COMBINED AIR TEAM (CombAT) is a collaboration between Sustainable Sandhills, the Fort Bragg Air Team, the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO), the NCDENR Division of Air Quality (Fayetteville Regional Office), and a number of other key air quality stakeholders in the Cumberland, Hoke and Harnett Counties area.
As of September 2012, Sustainable Sandhills, in partnership with FAMPO, is coordinating Air Quality efforts, implemntig the Ozone Advance program which goals include:
-Help attainment areas reduce emissions in order to ensure continued health protection,
-Better position areas to remain in attainment, and
-Efficiently direct available resources toward actions to address ozone problems quickly
For more information, please visiti FAMPO's website