The document discusses establishing indicators to track progress toward sustainability goals for a community. It defines indicators as measurable data that can show conditions over time related to sustainability visions and goals. The community would select relevant indicators through an inclusive process and then collect data on the indicators to evaluate actions, inform policymaking, and see if the community is moving toward or away from its sustainability goals.
This document contains comments from an event called the Big Picture Meeting on March 18, 2010. Attendees were impressed with the ideas presented by each team and liked the ideas of garden sharing, using school yards for food gardens, and supporting local businesses. Some comments suggested printing out visions, goals and indicators on posters, and focusing core groups on specific topics like composting or transportation to avoid overlap. Multiple comments noted this was their first time at the meeting and expressed impressed with the organization, depth of knowledge, and excitement shown.
This document provides a bibliography of 18 references related to sustainable development, sustainability indicators, and measuring community progress towards sustainability. The references include books, journal articles, reports, and websites published between 1997-2009. The references cover topics such as developing sustainability indicators, measuring quality of life and environmental protection, assessing local and global sustainability, and guides for creating neighborhood sustainability indicators.
Community sustainability indicators track changes in the economy, ecology, and society to measure progress toward sustainability goals. Indicators provide a framework for collective decision-making and evaluate the impact of actions. Effective indicators are selected through public engagement, are relevant to goals, understandable, measurable, reliable, and timely. Examples of indicators include the percentage of households in green power programs, amount of permeable surfaces, diversity of housing, neighbor interactions, local business purchases, and living wages.
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This document contains comments from an event called the Big Picture Meeting on March 18, 2010. Attendees were impressed with the ideas presented by each team and liked the ideas of garden sharing, using school yards for food gardens, and supporting local businesses. Some comments suggested printing out visions, goals and indicators on posters, and focusing core groups on specific topics like composting or transportation to avoid overlap. Multiple comments noted this was their first time at the meeting and expressed impressed with the organization, depth of knowledge, and excitement shown.
This document provides a bibliography of 18 references related to sustainable development, sustainability indicators, and measuring community progress towards sustainability. The references include books, journal articles, reports, and websites published between 1997-2009. The references cover topics such as developing sustainability indicators, measuring quality of life and environmental protection, assessing local and global sustainability, and guides for creating neighborhood sustainability indicators.
Community sustainability indicators track changes in the economy, ecology, and society to measure progress toward sustainability goals. Indicators provide a framework for collective decision-making and evaluate the impact of actions. Effective indicators are selected through public engagement, are relevant to goals, understandable, measurable, reliable, and timely. Examples of indicators include the percentage of households in green power programs, amount of permeable surfaces, diversity of housing, neighbor interactions, local business purchases, and living wages.
The document provides information about the next meeting of several "Action Teams" working on sustainability initiatives in the Atwood neighborhood. The meeting will include 10 minute presentations from each Action Team to report on their progress. The presentations should include detailing their vision, goals, potential initiatives, and indicators to measure progress towards the goals. Contact information was also collected to coordinate the teams' efforts and provide technical assistance between meetings.
The document outlines the visions, goals, activities, and indicators for the Sustainable Atwood neighborhood plan. It discusses various action teams focused on issues like energy, food, infrastructure, land use, and integration. The teams aim to develop sustainable practices in transportation, stormwater management, waste reduction, and more. Goals include increasing alternative transportation, permeable surfaces, local food production, and engaging teams and the community through communication and partnership.
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3. Next steps include sharing the findings with stakeholders to identify issues needing attention, and institutionalizing the data collection and analysis into the sector's monitoring and evaluation system.
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This document outlines an asset-based community development workshop. It discusses using community members' skills and passions, rather than focusing only on needs, to create change. The workshop covers collective impact initiatives, asset mapping residents' gifts to identify existing community strengths, and engaging residents in building a stronger community through collaboration. Effective partnerships are built on shared purpose, relationships and trust between organizations and community members.
The document discusses community visioning and planning facilitated by Deblar & Associates. It outlines benefits such as maximizing participation, building consensus, and identifying creative solutions. The visioning process involves pre-planning like establishing the community definition, identifying characteristics and tools, and analyzing data to present recommendations. Group facilitation can be used in areas like environmental, transportation, and housing planning.
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In this training you will learn how to:
- Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries.
- Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.
- Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.
This document outlines an agenda and materials for a workshop on uncovering hidden community assets and resources. The agenda includes an introduction to key concepts like community development, philanthropy, and civic engagement. It then covers an asset-based community development framework and provides exercises for participants to map community assets and brainstorm ideas to connect assets to address local issues. Workshop materials define different types of community assets and associations, and provide guidance for asset mapping activities. The overall goal is to help communities identify internal strengths and capacities to empower local problem solving and improvement efforts.
8. WHAT ARE
Community Sustainability Indicators?
A set of indicators,
selected by a community,
to track movement
toward or away from
Sustainability
Vision and Goals
9. Establish baseline measures
Establish a shared understanding
Evaluate actions over time
Provide data for policy making
11. Inclusive democratic process
Relevant to our Vision and Goals
Easily understandable
Easily measured and replicated
Provide reliable, timely information
13. What to measure?
Is data is available?
Costs vs. benefits of generating data?
Who compiles and interprets the data?
14. Small Group Exercise
GROUND RULES: Respectful listening and respectful
response. All ideas and responses are recorded and valued.
GOALS: Further identify and clarify the relationship between
“Vision,” “Goals,” and “Indicators”
INTENDED OUTCOMES:
List of issues/topic areas that are missing from the poster.
Preliminary “Vision Statements” and “Goals”
Examples of “Indicators” for each of the “Goals”
List of terms that need clarification
16. ACTION TEAMS
Facets of Energy Issues/Topics
Sustainability:
• Household Energy
Social Social/Cultural.. • Industry&Business
Cultural • Alternative Energy
Economic
Land Use • Solar
• Transportation
Physical Food
• Urban Agriculture
Ecological
Infrastructure • Water
Commerce & Industry
17. Land Use
Action
Team
Energy
Integrator
Action Team Commerce
& Industry
Team
Support & Action
Team
Synergize
Infrastructure
Action Food
Team Action
Social/Cultural Team
Action
Team
18. ACTION TEAMS
Energy: Solar & Alternative, Household Use….
Social/Cultural: Arts, Education, Historic, Civic…
Land Use: Housing, Openspace, Zoning…..
Food: Gardens, CSA, Co-Ops, Diversity, Access….
Infrastructure: Stormwater, Transportation, Utilities..
Commerce & Industry: Jobs, Goods, Services…
Integrator Team
19. Guidelines for Preparing
Action Team Reports:
1. …the next level of detail for your Vision,
relative to your issue/topic area
2. …the next level of detail for your Goals,
relative to your Vision
3. …preliminary list of Actions, current and potential,
that will forward your Goals
4. …. A preliminary list of Indicators
that will measure progress toward your Goals
AND notes on availability & replicability of Indicator data
20. Sign up for an “Action Team” and commit
to preparing presentations for the next meeting
Exchange contact info with Team Members
Set a date for your first Action Team meeting
Appoint/volunteer a member of your Action Team
to the “Integrator Team”
Prepare a copy of your Team names and contact
info and leave with the Sustainable Atwood Team
22. “Association of Associations”
An approach to community organizing that builds on civic
capacity inherent in existing community groups.
23. The Sustainable Atwood Network
An approach to forwarding
a “Vision for a Sustainable Future” for the
Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Community
that builds on the civic capacity inherent in the
residents and neighborhood groups.
24. Categories of Community Groups & Associations
1. Recovery Groups 17. Hobby and Collectors Groups
2. Friends of… 18. Men’s Groups
3. Animal Care Groups 19. Mentoring Groups
4. Anti Crime Groups 20. Mutual Support Groups
5. Block Clubs 21. Neighborhood Improvement
6. Business Support 22. Political Organizations
7. Charitable Groups and Drives 23. Recreation Groups
8. Civic Events Groups 24. Religious Groups
9. Cultural Groups 25. Service Clubs
10. Disability/Special Needs 26. Social Groups
11. Education Groups 27. Social Cause/Advocacy Issue
12. Elderly Groups 28. Union Groups
13. Environmental Groups 29. Veteran’s Groups
14. Family Support Groups 30. Women’s Groups
15. Health Advocacy & Fitness 31. Youth Groups
16. Heritage Groups
25. TASK ONE: Participants will be asked to review the
posters of “Neighborhood Groups and Associations,”
sign their name under any group with whom they are
affiliated, and add any group that is not on the list.
TASK TWO: Participants who have official positions with
any of the groups or associations will be asked to
volunteer to act as official liaisons to Sustainable
Atwood, preferably two liaisons per group.