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Re: Keeping Track of Community Sustainablilty
2010-07-20 10:18:00 UTC
Does anyone have some good examples to share from their communities? We are trying to set up a Conservation Challenge in Gainesville, FL and wish to have an accessible spreadsheet for folks to use to track their progress. One idea is to do it based on personal committments - "I will cyle to work 3 times per week" or "I will only spend 2 minutes in the shower each day." These committments would be publicly acknowledged in a local network and then progress can be tracked to achievement.
We'd love to build on successes that others have had in this area and learn from others about pitfalls to avoid.
peterĀ colverson
pandion systems
United States
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Keeping Track of Community Sustainablilty
2010-07-20 10:11:57 UTC
Ways to encourage communities to engage in sustainable behavior and maintain records on achievements. This can be a "Conservation Challenge" where people are challenged to reduce water use or energy use and publicly keep track of their progress to use less on an accessible spread sheet.
peterĀ colverson
pandion systems
United States
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RE: SPAM-LOW: Fostering Sustainable Behavior Digest #471
2007-03-27 09:43:57 UTC
I think your proposed changes sound fine and sensible and will place no additional barriers to my use of your information.
Thanks
- useful information
Pete
Peter Colverson
Communications Specialist
Pandion Systems Inc.
4603 NW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL 32609
(352) 372-4747
Fax: (352) 372-4714
Cell: (352) 359-1283
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RE: Copper for Lead Bullet Exchanges
2007-03-27 09:43:57 UTC
Isn't it usually steel? Surely copper is way too expensive. Also, copper mines are not too environmentally friendly so I've heard.
Pete
Peter Colverson
Communications Specialist
Pandion Systems Inc.
4603 NW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL 32609
(352) 372-4747
Fax: (352) 372-4714
Cell: (352) 359-1283
www.pandionsystems.com -
RE: SPAM-LOW: Fostering Sustainable Behavior Digest #449
2007-03-05 14:49:24 UTC
This work has been out there for a while. A great resource to read on this topic is Nature's Services; Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems edited by Gretchen Daily. It was put out by Island Press in 1997. It is a series of essays on how different parts of the environment have had their services valued in dollars. One area where this can have some impact is on the calculations factored into conservation easements - the value of water recharge for instance. I agree that "talking the language of economics" can open some doors that will remain closed otherwise. It's just one more tool in the conservation educator's tool box - heck we need all the tools we can get!!
Peter Colverson
1) Re: Prompts by Jan Aceti
2) Re: ecosystem services by "Mel Tremper"
3) Educational video input sought by Doug Freeman
4) Please read: Feedback on Listserv Sought by "Steve Raney"
5) Publicity vs. Promoting Sustainable Behavior by [email protected]
6) Env. messages in television by [email protected]
7) Re: marketing environmentally preferable products by "Muise,Maurice [NCR]" -
RE: SPAM-LOW: Fostering Sustainable Behavior Digest #447
2007-03-01 06:42:42 UTC
This work has been out there for a while. A great resource to read on this topic is Nature's Services; Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems edited by Gretchen Daily. It was put out by Island Press in 1997. It is a series of essays on how different parts of the environment have had their services valued in dollars. One area where this can have some impact is on the calculations factored into conservation easements - the value of water recharge for instance. I agree that "talking the language of economics" can open some doors that will remain closed otherwise. It's just one more tool in the conservation educator's tool box - heck we need all the tools we can get!!
Peter Colverson
Communications Specialist
Pandion Systems Inc.
4603 NW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL 32609
(352) 372-4747
Fax: (352) 372-4714
Cell: (352) 359-1283
www.pandionsystems.com
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