Kevin Beane
Over 30 years ago, Kevin co-founded his first business, Environmental Alternatives, a solar design and construction company. He has extensive experience in all phases of residential construction, with a particular interest in retrofitting existing structures for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Kevin's recent projects include construction in Maine, New Hampshire, Washington and Puerto Rico. When he is not building, he augments his interest in structural design as a massage therapist and as a Tai Chi instructor.
Michael Bliss
Michael has been a contractor/builder for over 35 years. He co-owned a residential building company where he designed and built passive solar homes for over 18 years. He remains committed to renewable energy and alternatives to the use and depletion of fossil fuel. Currently, he supervises commercial building expansions, including schools, hospitals, and fire stations. Michael has been a member of Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative since it began and facilitates study circles. He has similar training in permaculture techniques and the transition initiative.
We are Community
Co-Directors
Kevin Beane
Ann Bliss
Michael Bliss
Doug Bogen
Stephen Condon
Mike Cole
George Horrocks
Jarda Hutar
Melinda Salazar
Cass Thurston
The Natural Step Process
The Natural Step for Communities, by Sarah James and Torbjorn Lahti, call community citizens who have a "burning interest in sustainable development and community change "fire souls." The impetus to create SEAREI grew out of our interest as Natural Step Study Circle facilitators for the Piscataqua Seacoast Initiative, to make our ideas come to pass. As galvanized fire souls, we combine our background in wellness, education, design and construction to provide a program for community members that addresses all four Natural Step Systems Conditions.