CHEARS is dedicated to the health of the Chesapeake Watershed, and has five interrelated and equally important goals. These goals are described below... CHesapeake Goal 1: "To restore, steward, and enhance the physical and spiritual health of our Chesapeake Watershed, in its multiple dimensions, as expressed by its diversity of air, land, water, plants, animals, and natural and managed ecosystems." Education Goal 2: "To share knowledge of our watershed, with education projects that effectively engage us in learning about our diverse bioregion." Arts Goal 3: "To foster artistic expression related to our watershed's human, natural and environmental issues." Research Goal 4: "To engage in research directed towards innovative problem solving in stewardship of our bioregion and our planet." Society Goal 5: "To work towards creating a sustainable, equitable, and nurturing society within our bioregion, recognizing our linkages in space between rural, suburban and urban life--and in time between our bioregion's past, current and future generations. We seek to foster egalitarian modes of organization to achieve our goals, promoting community among our members."