Living Green at Red Sunflower Farm

From the Barn to the Boardroom, Sustainability Creates Opportunity

Choice. It’s the single defining characteristic of what makes us human and when we recognize and embrace the power of choice, anything is possible.

We can choose to make the world a better, cleaner, safer place. We can choose to use our gifts, talents and resources wisely; working together to grow them and shepherd into being a world that is better tomorrow than it is today.

This is the choice that Mackey McNeill makes everyday, personally and professionally and we invite you to join Mackey as she talks to Phyllis Parker on Channel 9 WCPO, September 15, 2009, at 8:00pm about how her home reflects her commitment to living consciously and sustainably. Many thanks to Gilkey Windows, Apollo Heating and Air, Potterhill Homes, Towne Properties, and the Household Coalition for Healthier Homes for making the show possible.

Mackey and her husband live on a 21 acre organic farm in Independence, Kentucky. Together, they use the resources it provides to lessen their dependence on traditional energy, water and food sources. “We have geothermal heat and air conditioning; we collect and filter water from rain and snow and use it in cooking and bathing; and we raise organic vegetables. Our home was built with energy efficiency as a primary goal and we’re consistently looking for ways that we can reduce, reuse and recycle,” Mackey explains.

Mackey doesn’t leave her commitment to sustainable living back on the farm come Monday morning. “What sets Mackey Advisors apart from traditional financial management firms is that we truly believe everyone can experience the beauty and richness of life when they start with clarity in their intention, make conscious choices that reflect their values, create with a purpose of sustainability and work toward enoughness, as they define it. Having a client place their trust in us is a privilege and we honor that trust by focusing on our client’s future and helping them build their material wealth in ways that support and strengthen their ideals. Prosperity, from this view, is not just measured by the money you have today, but by your relationship to it, the opportunities it brings and the legacy you create for your future generations,” she said.

Living and working on the farm provides Mackey with valuable lessons that she shares with her clients and they, in turn, inspire her. Mackey describes the two worlds as, “A wonderful partnership in which each supports the other and both preserve the gifts of today and contribute to a more sustainable, prosperous future that impacts everyone.”

Tune into Channel 9, WCPO, Tuesday September 15th at 8:00pm, enjoy the farm and share the inspiration