3. Meeting people where they are on the sustainability spectrum
and providing information and ideas to make sustainable
choices for homes or neighborhoods, schools, business’ or non-
profits.
Goals:
Convene and engage citizens to increase long-lasting outcomes;
Encourage public/private partnerships to shape our community’s
future;
Create an interactive inventory of sustainable practices;
Measure and manage results;
Reduce the community’s carbon footprint;
Promote Dubuque as a national model that can be shared with
other cities in Iowa

4. partnership
Platform for Community Sustainability
11 Principals
Municipal Climate Action Plan
Applies technology
Collects and analyzes data
Inspires and engages community
Builds connection between community and our partners

5. engagement
Specific Engagement- (immediate impact)
engaging members of the water pilot
soon the electric pilot
to encourage regular use of the portal and give feedback
Community-wide Engagement-
Familiarizing community members with sustainability (immediate impact)
concepts, principals
easy things everyone can do to save resources and money
Encouraging sustainable lifestyles (long term impact)
building practices
home efficiency improvements
use of data systems

6. Facilitates an engaged community by providing
ways to get information and share information
about sustainable behaviors and ideas.
This is the part.

7. funding
A unique mix of funding supports our engagement effort
Business
Utilities
Local Non-profits
State- Power Fund (OEI)
National Foundation

8. partnership
Alliant, Black Hills Energy & City of Dubuque Water Dept.
Dubuque Community School District & Holy Family Schools – Green
Vision Education, Community Outreach
East Central Intergovernmental Association – Petal Project/Buyer-Supplier,
Safe Routes, Ride-Share

9. steering committee
Alliant Energy
Black Hills Energy
Carnegie-Stout Public Library
City of Dubuque
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Dubuque Area Campus Sustainability Network
Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce
Dubuque Art Center
Dubuque Community School District
Dubuque Main Street
Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency
Dubuque Multicultural Family Center
East Central Intergovernmental Association
Greater Dubuque Development Corporation
Holy Family Schools
Mission Creative
Mystique
Smarter Sustainable Dubuque
Telegraph Herald
Western Dubuque Community School District
Individual Community Members

10. engagement
Website
Green Asset Map- sustainable places, activities, info
Information Forum- calendars, events, info, articles, webinars
Sustainability Dashboard & Game- resource calculators, 2.0 Challenge
game, water pilot portal
Toolkits
Info resources, journal, tips,
Game for underserved and non-internet
Community Cafes
Hyper-local events- neighborhoods, businesses, schools, groups, etc.
Themed to sustainability topics to encourage idea sharing
Gaming
2.0 Sustainability Challenge
Micro-gaming for water portal, Main Street, buildings or schools
Outreach Marketing/Social Media
Traditional and Guerilla Marketing
Social Networking (Facebook, twitter, Street Jaw, etc.)