Founded: March 2004

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Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
501(c)(3) non-profit
Moving sustainability forward by fostering
collaboration among businesses, non-profits,
government and academia.
Founded March 2004 Staff 10 Annual Budget
1.5 million Location Lower Downtown Denver
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Investing in Change

• Business entrepreneurs make profits.
• Social entrepreneurs make change.
• The Alliance for Sustainable Colorado is a
  non-profit that compounds social change to
  improve quality of life.

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CONVICTIONS
All life depends on the habitability of the planet
Biological life supports systems are in jeopardy
We must unify to create solutions
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Titanic Design and Execution Failure
Rearranging Deck Chairs
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SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP IS LOCAL
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a
lion. Ethiopian Proverb
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WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
Consideration of the impact of decisions made
today on future generations
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• WHAT KIND OF ANCESTORS .
• WILL WE BE ?

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Four Staged Goals

• Create a statewide sustainability movement in
  Colorado
• Replicate statewide sustainability movements in
  other states
• Build a national network of statewide
  sustainability movements
• Complete a national center for the network

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Alliance Model

• 5 Sectors
• - Business
• - Non-profits
• - Government
• - Academia
• - Philanthropy
• MTNC www.nonprofitcenters.org
• Multi-disciplinary
• Policy based
• State capitals

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• Building Lasting Relationships

From familiarity grow
Cooperation
Community
Collaboration
Coalitions
We must knit a fabric that will not tear
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Strategy

• Foster
• 1) Means to communicate
• 2) Willingness to collaborate
• 3) Reasons to work in coalitions

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Leading by Example
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Existing Building Gold Commercial Interior
Silver USEPA Energy Star Leader
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Investments in Efficiency

• Electrical -- 13,500
• Saving over 5,000/yr
• Under 2.65 year pay back

• Water -- 22,000
• Cut water use 84
• Saving over 4,500/yr
• Under 5-year pay back
• Despite much increased use

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