Founded in March of 2000, The Sustainability Project, a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization, promotes a love of nature, environmental stewardship, caring communities and ways of living that deepen our understanding of the interconnected web of life. Our guiding principles embrace diversity, inclusion and compassion as fundamental to the long-term well-being of our planet and its inhabitants. The physical heart of The Sustainability Project can be found in the Emerson Brook Forest, Gilsum, NH. Here, an all-volunteer endeavor has created wheelchair accessible trails and edible forest gardens for public use and ecosystem benefit. The center functions as a learning laboratory for edible forest gardening, permaculture design and sustainable community practices.