The Landings GreenSeniors®
Green Mission Statement
At The Landings at Cape Elizabeth and Saco Bay we provide environmentally sound initiatives through the thoughtful operation of our communities. In particular, we emphasize energy conservation, reuse and upcycling, and protection of our natural resources in everything we do to preserve the beautiful Maine surroundings we are grateful to share.
At The Landings at Cape Elizabeth and Saco Bay we represent the carbon footprint of over one hundreds households and we take that responsibility to heart. Finding the place where environmentally sound management and our residents’ enjoyment of their communities intersect is the true goal of The Landings GreenSeniors®. Join us in our journey to help our seniors leave a legacy of care and preservation for their children and grandchildren.
- We limit the use of plastic and paper products, but when paper is necessary, most paper products used are made from recyclable material.
- We make available to our residents and staff reusable fabric bags for shopping and combine our shopping trips to cut down on emissions pollution.
- We use non-toxic, environmentally safe, biodegradable cleaning products.
- We set aside bins in our communities to separate and collect recyclable materials, including newspapers, white paper, aluminum, plastic beverage bottles, batteries and LED light bulbs so they don’t go into the landfill.
- We plant our own herb gardens and blueberry bushes for use in our kitchens and to stabilize the soil.
- We provide community van transportation rather than use individual cars to transport residents in groups to cut down on air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, oil consumption and the costs of fueling.
- We encourage our staff to car-pool to the workplace.
- We are committed to our Buy Local program where we buy locally produced items whenever possible, including paper goods, produce and other comestibles. It reduces the amount of fossil fuels required to transport the things you buy from other parts of the country or the world. It also reduces the amount of plastic and paper products consumed in the packaging of such far-traveling products.
- We encourage our residents to buy local by sponsoring local shopping trips and events as we believe buying local reduces the consumption of valuable natural resources and encourages more local business initiatives.
- We source ingredients locally, when available, from local growers and incorporate it into our chef-run Harvest Dining program.
- We seasonally compost our green organic kitchen waste and use it to plant herb gardens to flavor our meals.
- We feature delicious plant-based meals alongside old favorites in our dining program.
- We use Low Flow Water Valves in all of our resident apartments.
- Our communities are Energy Star rated through our installation of low lumen and LED lighting and energy star rated appliances.
- We are committed to sustainable and non-toxic landscaping techniques, through preservation of trees and the use of indigenous plantings when landscaping to allow the use of less watering and fertilizing.
- Our landscape will include plantings specially selected to provide food for bees
- We are planning to incorporate a Certified Butterfly Garden at Cape Elizabeth to protect the species and allow our residents full enjoyment of the outdoors.
