Growing Washington's Programs
Growing Washington has developed four program areas to strive toward fulfilling our mission. Three of the programs focus on specific areas of societal interest that we see as most crucial to Washingtonians. The fourth program area, Doing the Right Thing, is created to allow Washingtonians to tell us what THEY feel is most crucial to Washington. Instead of simply defining our program activities by what we feel is important, Growing Washington strives to be a community group that allows the citizens of Washington to guide us as well. In addition, Growing Washington offers services to both individuals and other non-profit groups that allow the populace to decide our actions. Rather than tell you what is important and why you should care about it, we want Washingtonians to tell us what is important, and we will respond.
The board and staff of Growing Washington seeks to represent one special interest:
YOUR SPECIAL INTEREST.
Sustainable Agriculture Program
We believe that Washington 's farmers and ranchers and the people they help feed depend on each other and are members of the same community. Growing Washington will help this community realize the long-term benefits of a sustainable, prosperous agriculture.
Economic and Societal Health Program
We believe that a healthy society both requires and provides that all individuals be free and politically potent and have equal opportunity to succeed in a free and sustainable economy. Growing Washington will bring individuals together to ensure Washington 's present and future economic and societal health.
Environmental and Cultural Preservation Program
We believe that a healthy society must preserve the diverse environmental and cultural legacies from which it draws its strength. Growing Washington will seek to foster appreciation of these legacies and to ensure their preservation by bringing together Washington 's stakeholders to integrate diverse approaches to community decision-making.
Doing the Right Thing
We believe that a society's institutions exist solely for the benefit of all members of a society and that communities are strengthened when institutions honor their obligations to citizens and when citizens honor their obligations to each other. Growing Washington , by promoting civics and ethics education and by helping to resolve conflicts between and within communities, will help enable Washington 's citizens and institutions to do the right thing. We will work with Washingtonians so long as we are working together.