COSLA Sustainability Training Programme Overhead Transparencies

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COSLA Sustainability Training Programme
Overhead Transparencies

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• Briefing Note A
• Overheads for Module 1
• Sessions A to K

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• SESSION A
• INTRODUCTION
• MODULE 1

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A.1PUIRPOSE OF MODULE 1

• Raise Awareness
• Clarify Roles
• Tools Techniques
• Practical Outputs

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A.2PROGRAMME - MODULE 1

• Whats it All About?
• Why Does it Matter?
• What Is a Sustainable Community?
• What Can We Use?
• Improving Performance
• Implementation

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A.3PROGRAMME - MODULE 2

• Integrating Sustainability -The Challenge
• What Is Hindering Progress?
• Action Plan
• Implementing the Action Plan
• Report Back
• Key Lessons

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A.4LINK BETWEEN MODULES 1 2

• MODULE 1
• Understanding
• Concepts
• Improving Performance
• General Audience
• Inter-active
• Practical Outputs

• MODULE 2
• Action Planning
• Implementation
• Improving Integration
• Practitioners
• Inter-active
• Practical Outputs

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• SESSION B
• WHATS IT ALL ABOUT?

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B.1GLOBAL REVOLUTIONS

• ECONOMY
• TECHNOLOGY
• MOBILITY
• ENVIRONMENT
• SOCIETY
• GENDER
• INSTITUTIONS
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B.2 DEFINING
SUSTAINABILITY

• Development which meets the needs of the present
  without compromising the ability of future
  generations to meet their own needs
• Improving the quality of life while living
  within the carrying capacity of supporting
  ecosystems
• Not cheating on your children
• Enjoying a better quality of life for everyone
  now and for future generations

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B.3SUSTAINABILITY
PRINCIPLES

• Social progress which recognizes the needs of
  everyone
• Effective protection of the environment
• Prudent use of natural resources
• Maintenance of high stable levels of
  economic growth employment

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B.4SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Environment
Society
Economy
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B.5NATIONAL POLICY

• National SD Strategy A Better Quality of Life
• National Indicators of SD / QoL Barometer
• Climate Change, Integrated Transport, Waste etc
• Social Economic Policy
• Blair Target
• COSLA LA21 Route Planner

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B.6 LOCAL AUTHORITY POLICY

• Sustainability Strategies - LA21 Community
  Plans
• SD into other policies
• Anti-poverty, Health, Crime Safety Strategies
• Environmental Management
• SD Indicators (CLIP)
• Env. Appraisal, SD checklists
• MLG, Best Value
• EU Funding

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B.7A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

• HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
• RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
• WASTE
• POLLUTION
• NATURAL DIVERSITY
• INCLUSIVE SOCIETY
• HEALTH WELL-BEING
• CRIME VIOLENCE
• TRADITIONS, CULTURE, LEISURE RECREATION
• EDUCATION, SKILLS INFO.

• PROSPEROUS ECONOMY
• VIBRANT/DIVERSE ECONOMY
• BASIC NEEDS MET LOCALLY
• ACCESS NEEDS WITHOUT ENV. DAMAGE/CAR
• ACCESS BASIC NEEDS AT REASONABLE COST

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B.8GROUP THEMES 1

• 1. Using Resources More Efficiently
• 2. Improving Waste Management
• 3. Accessing Needs Without Cars or
  Environmental Damage
• 4. Reducing Pollution
• 5. Protecting the Diversity of Nature

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B.9GROUP THEMES 2

• 1. Creating a Vibrant Diverse Local Economy
• 2. Accessing Education, Skills Information
• 3. Meeting Basic Needs as Locally as Possible
• 4. Improving Health Well-being
• 5. Accessing Basic Needs at
  
• Reasonable Cost

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B.10MAIN RESPONSIBILITY

• 1. LOCAL AUTHORITY
• 2. PARTNERSHIP (INCLUDING LOCAL AUTHORITY)
• 3. SOME OTHER BODY / INDIVIDUAL

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• SESSION C
• WHY DOES IT MATTER?

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C.1THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT Earth is
c4.6 billion Years Old 46 year old

• Age 42
• Age 45
• 8 months ago
• Middle of last week
• Last weekend
• 30 minutes ago
• A minute ago
• In the last minute

• Vegetation
• Dinosaurs
• Mammals
• Apes
• Ice Age
• Agriculture
• Industrial Revolution
• 500 mammals extinct

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C.2GLOBAL
REVOLUTIONS

• Economy
• Technology
• Mobility
• Environment
• Social Equity
• Gender
• Institutions

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C.3ECONOMIC CHANGE

• 500 Corporations Control 75 trade
• c400 Billionaires 45 Global Earnings
• Richest 20 Control 80 Wealth
• Poorest 20 Control 1.5
• Gap Widening

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C.4RESOURCE DEPLETION

• 90 Energy Carbon-based
• 11,000 Million Barrels Oil p.a.
• 18 yrs. Supply of Lead
• 20 yrs. Zinc 33 yrs. Copper
  45 yrs. Tin

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C.5TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

• Drives Globalization
• Electronic Technology
• Mobility of People
• Mobility of Ideas

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C.6ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

• Temperature Rising 0.1deg. per Decade
• 8/10 Warmest Years in Last Decade
• More Extreme Weather Events
• Sea Level Rise 50cms. by 2100
• Loss of Populated Areas

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C.7SOCIAL CHANGE

• Urbanization
• Growing Inequity
• Health and Malnutrition
• Gender Relations
• Pressure on Institutions

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C.8SOLUTIONS

• Sustainability Factor Four
• Key Role for Local Government
• Energy, Waste, Water, Transport, Purchasing
• Economic Regeneration
• Social Inclusion/Equity

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C.9MAXIMIZING
RECYCLINGSUTTON

• In-house Recycling Rate 15
• Single Recycling Bin All Offices
• New System Contract
• One Landfill Bin per Office
• Full Range Recycling Bins
• Cleaners Involved
• Recycling Rate 75

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C.10REDUCING WATER USENEW YORK

• Demand Outstripping Supply
• Engineering Solutions Too Costly
• Sustainability Solution - Reduce Demand
• Low Flush Toilets
• Social Housing, Own Offices
• Private Housing _at_ Low Rates
• Supply Meets Demand

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C.11INTEGRATING TRANSPORTEDINBURGH

• Climate Change Resolution
• Moving Forward Strategy
• Greenways Bus Priority (250k more passengers)
• First UK Car Club (Halves car travel)
• Working with Developers
• Staff Travel Policy

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C.12PROPOSAL TO NEUTRALIZE CO2
EMISSIONSPLYMOUTH

• Goal - Neutralize Carbon from all Traffic
• Cost - 333,000 p.a.
• Raise Parking Charges 3p/hr
• 50 on Energy Savings for Low Income
• 50 Tree Planting in Tropics
• Carbon Emissions Neutralized
• Social Economic Benefits (1.6m)

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C.13INFLUENCING THE MARKETEU ZEUS

• EU Wide NEV/LEV Purchasing Consortium (9 Cities)
• Remove Market Obstacles
• Test Options, Technologies, Conditions
• 1,249 Vehicles (UK 411)
• Infrastructure Training
• Works for Municipal Fleets
• Built Experience
• Saved 26k tonnes CO2/2m litres petrol/diesel
• 8m green kms

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C.14ELIMINATING FUEL POVERTY BAD
HEALTHGLASGOW

• 28,000 Damp Council Homes
• 84,500 Condensation, Mould etc. (29 of Stock)
• 2/3 Tenants with Under 14s Affected
• Energy Efficiency 60 of Housing Investment
• 22 Energy Reduction All Council Buildings
• (low-cost retro-fit draft proofing, fuel
  changes, building management
  systems, insulation, time
  switches, optimisers,
  low energy lighting, new boiler plant,
  solar heating)

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C.15INTEGRATING ACTION ON
HEALTHCLACKMANNANSHIRE

• Clackmannanshire Health Alliance
• - Co-ordinate Strategies
• - Joint Action Plan
• - Jointly Monitor Targets Indicators
• - Jointly Review Action Plan
• Monitored by Clackmannanshire Forum

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C.16INVOLVING LOCAL PEOPLE
STIRLING

• Bottom-up Mechanisms
• - The Stirling Assembly
• - Youth Congress
• - Sustainability Forum
• - Visioning Conference
• Awareness Educational Projects
• Working with Community Groups
• Sustainable Communities Project
• - Kippen Fallin

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C.17INVOLVING RURAL COMMUNITIES

• 6 Project Community Plans
• Local Sustainability Plans
• Local Sustainability Plans
• Citizens Jury/Customer Panel
• Community Horizons
• Video Conferencing

• Aberdeenshire
• Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
• Highland
• South Lanarkshire
• Dumfries Galloway
• Argyll and Bute

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• SESSION D
• WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE
• COMMUNITY?

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D.1SCOTTISH COMMUNITY 2025

• The Year Is 2025
• Sustainability Strategy Implemented
• 5 Main Improvements
• - Environmental
• - Social
• - Economic

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D.2LOCAL AGENDA 21 - THE RIO
CHALLENGE

• Each local authority should enter into a
  dialogue with its citizens, local organizations
  and private enterprises and adopt a local
  Agenda 21
• By 1996, most local authorities in each country
• should have undertaken a consultative
• exercise with their populations and
• achieved a consensus on a local
• Agenda 21 for their community

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D.3FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL AGENDA 21

• Owned and Understood by 31.12.00
• Vision Statement
• Action Plan
• In House Action
• Policy Integration
• Partnership Working
• Community Involvement

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D.4GOALS FOR LOCAL AGENDA 21

• HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
• RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
• WASTE
• POLLUTION
• NATURAL DIVERSITY
• INCLUSIVE SOCIETY
• HEALTH WELL-BEING
• CRIME VIOLENCE
• TRADITIONS, CULTURE, LEISURE RECREATION
• EDUCATION, SKILLS INFO.

• PROSPEROUS ECONOMY
• VIBRANT/DIVERSE ECONOMY
• BASIC NEEDS MET LOCALLY
• ACCESS NEEDS WITHOUT ENV. DAMAGE/CAR
• ACCESS BASIC NEEDS AT REASONABLE COST

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D.5COMPLETING LOCAL AGENDA 21

• Corporate Commitment
• Awareness Raising
• Core Elements
• Integration with other Delivery
  Mechanisms

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D.6LOCAL AGENDA 21 COMMUNITY
PLANNING

• Key Goal Quality of Life (Sustainability)
• Broad Vision for Local Needs
• Innovative Lasting Community Involvement
• Action Plan
• Coordinate Action via Services
• LA21 Community Plans
  Sustainability Strategies

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D.7 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LA21
COMMUNITY PLANNING

• CP Overarching strategy for area reflecting
  Councils community leadership role
• LA21 Strategy for local sustainability
  contributing to national/global sustainability
• Missing links LA21 CP.
• - Long term v. short term vision
• - Wider v. local contribution

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D.8AND WHERE DOES
BEST VALUE FIT?

• CP LA21 set out What to Do
• Best Value is key part of How to Do It
• Best Value Elements
• 1. Sound governance
• 2. Performance measurement
• 3. BV Reviews
• 4. Public reporting
• 5. Scrutiny

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• SESSION E
• ANY PROBLEMS?

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E.1ANY PROBLEMS?

• Questions, Comments, Uncertainties?
• Record Discussion on Flip Chart

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• SESSION F
• WHAT CAN WE USE
• TO HELP US?

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F.1 SUSTAINABILITY IS A CORPORATE
ISSUE

• Leadership
• Easier to Spread through the Council
• More Efficient
• More Cost Effective
• Central Processes Determine Sustainability
  Performance
• Budgets, policy-making, contract
  management, staff development

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F.2SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS AND
MECHANISMS

• Mechanism
• Sust. Policy
• Sust. Appraisal
• Env. Management System
• Sust. Reports Indicators
• Participation
• EU Policy Funding
• Community Planning

• Policy Role
• Corporate Framework
• Assessing
• Improving
• Monitoring
• Involving
• Implementing
• Mainstreaming

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F.3SUSTAINABILITY POLICY

• A Sustainability Policy Must Be
• Strategic
• Based on consensus
• Based on sustainability principles
• Built into a Sustainability Strategy
• Used to inform all other policy action
• Publicized
• Monitored

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F.4SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL

• For Assessing the Sustainability Implications of
  a Policy, Plan or Programme
• Checklist
• Use Corporate Sustainability Policy Criteria
• Use Route Planner Themes
• Many Examples - SOLACE Best Value
• Applied by
• Individual Staff
• Group Decision

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F.5 USING SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL

• Actions Arising From Sustainability Strategy
• Community Planning
• Link to Sustainability Service Indicators
• Other Key Strategies Policies
• Budgets (growth cuts)
• Committee Decisions
• Best Value Reviews
• Service Business Plans
• Contract Procedures

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F.6SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

• Purpose of Sustainability Indicators
• Measure Progress Towards Sustainability
• - Targets, trends, linkages
• Assist Sustainability Strategy Preparation
• Improve Participation
• Generate / Influence Policy

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F.7LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE
INDICATORS

• 29 CLIP Indicators
• 8 environmental 5 economic 16 social
• Not perfectNot automatically transferable
• A good start
• A basis for local measurement of.
  Community Planning Best Value

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F.8WHY EMS ?

• Systematic Regime
• Continuous Improvement
• Significant Impacts
• Puts Own House in Order
• Public Commitment - Credibility
• Best way to Co-ordinate
  Progress

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F.9 THE EMS PROCESS

• Policy
• Activity Analysis Review
• Programme
• Management System
• Internal Audit
• Public Statement
• External Verification

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F.10TYPES OF EMS

• ISO 14001
• EU ECO-MANAGEMENT AUDIT
  SCHEME (EMAS)

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F.11WHAT WOULD EMS MEAN ?

• Each Council, Department / Unit needs to.
• Identify Significant Effects
• Work Out Programme/Targets
• Set Up Management System
• Publish Statement?
• Be Externally Verified?

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F.12EMS AND BEST VALUE

• Corporate Activities
• Review Performance
• Programme / Local Performance Plan
• EMS / Monitoring
• Statement / Reporting
• Verification / Audit Inspection

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F.13ENGAGING THE COUNCIL

• Policy Committee
• Terms of Reference
• Standing Orders
• Senior politician
• Senior officer
• Sustainability officer
• Champions
• Leadership

• Steering Group
• Inter-disciplinary teams
• Green Teams
• Training awareness
• Induction
• Award Schemes
• Ring-fenced budget

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F.14ENGAGING PARTNERS

• The Public
• Consultation
• Citizens juries
• Commission of inquiry
• Opinion polls
• Focus groups
• Visioning exercises etc.
• Campaigns
• Feedback Information

• Stakeholder Partners
• Sustainability Forum
• Specialist working groups
• Topic groups
• Youth Forum
• Neighbourhood councils
• Community Plans Projects

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F.15EU SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
SCOTTISH COUNCILS

• Councils Implement 40 5EAP
• And much EU Legislation
• 5EAP Poor Results
• 6EAP Priorities
• - Quality of Life
• - Policy Integration
• - Involving Citizens
• - Shared Responsibility
• - Climate Change

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F.16EU FUNDING SCOTTISH COUNCILS

• Agenda 2000 80 EU Budget (regions agric.)
• Environment Key Objective
• Scottish Structural Funds 931m (x2) 2000-2006
• Making it work together Partnership for
  Scotland
• Comprehensive Regional Strategies
• Based on Sustainability
• Annual Programme Reviews

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F.17EU COMMUNITY PLANNING

• 5 Structural Fund Progs. rely on Community
  Planning
• Role of National CP Task Force
• S. Funds and CP share
• - Strategic vision (Quality of Life)
• - Link to EU, UK S. Exec. priorities
• - Link to existing local policies
• - Extensive community involvement
• - Annual Review

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• SESSION G
• HOW CAN WE IMPROVE
• SUSTAINABILITY
• PERFORMANCE?

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G.1CLIMATE CHANGE

• Carbon Reduction Target/Strategy
• Carbon Neutralization
• Buy Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficient Equipment
• Integrated Transport Strategy
• Reduce Staff Travel
• NEV/LEV Vehicle Fleet
• Reinvest Carbon Tax Savings

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G.2USE OF ENERGY

• ENERGY EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT
• SWITCH OFF CAMPAIGNS
• USE RENEWABLE BASED TECHNOLOGIES
• BUY FROM RENEWABLE SUPPLIER
• REDUCE BUSINESS TRAVEL /
• HOME WORKING

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G.3WASTE

• Adopt Waste Hierarchy
• Waste Minimization Contract
• 60 - 80 Recycling Target
• Maximize Office Recycling
• Buy and Use Less
• Kerbside Collection of Recyclables

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G.4USE OF PAPER

• BUY RECYCLED - PRINTERS USE RECYCLED
• NOT environment/forest friendly paper
• COMPUTER-GENERATED STATIONERY
• DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTERS/COPIERS
• REDUCE FORMS / COMPUTER PRINT-OUTS
• AGENDA SIZE / NUMBER OF COPIES
• ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

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G.5USE OF WATER

• AUTOMATIC TAPS
• HIPPOS
• WATER BUTTS
• LOW WATER USE TOILETS/SHOWERS
• GREYWATER/RAINWATER SYSTEMS

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G.6PURCHASING

• PICK 10 MOST BOUGHT PRODUCTS - GREEN UP
• PURCHASING GUIDE
• BUY GREEN LABELS - EU ECO-LABEL / SWAN / BLUE
  ANGEL
• FUND CHANGES FROM USING
  LESS

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G.7PURCHASING POLICY

• To ban the use of environmentally damaging
  products or processes where any less damaging
  alternative is available.
• PURCHASING CHECKLIST
• CONTRACT ADVICE
• GREEN PURCHASING GUIDE

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G.8GREEN TRAVEL PLAN

• PLAN MEETINGS SITE VISITS
• AVOID UNNECESSARY MEETINGS
• WALK OR CYCLE
• USE BUS OR TRAIN
• USE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
• SHARE CAR TRIPS
• DRIVE EFFICIENTLY

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G.9GREEN COMMUTER PLANS

• CAR-SHARING DATA-BASE
• SECURE CYCLE PARKING
• SUBSIDIZED PUBLIC TRANSPORT
• NEGOTIATED BUS IMPROVEMENTS
• REWARD SCHEME
• STAFF PARKING CHARGES
• FREE CAR SHARE PLACES
• SUPPORT FOR TELE-WORKING

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G.10COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

• Neighbourhood/village level Community Plans
• Link sustainability with community projects
• Member training
• Integrate action with Health Social Services
• Schools network/youth forum
• Visioning/Planning for Real
• Use electronic communication

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G.11SOCIAL INCLUSION

• Social Inclusion Strategy linked to Sust.
  Strategy
• Integrated action with social welfare agencies
• Poverty alleviation/job creation
• Improve maintain poor/unsafe local
  environments
• Targetted community participation

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G.12CRIME SAFETY

• Crime Safety Strategy linked to Sust. Strategy
• Involve police in Sustainability Strategy
• Community policing
• Safe, attractive, well-maintained local
  environments
• Poverty alleviation/job creation
• Social inclusion measures
• Health improvements

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G.13POVERTY ALLEVIATION

• Anti-Poverty Strategy
• Community economic development/job creation
• LETS Credit Unions
• Food Co-operatives
• Use local suppliers/contractors

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• SESSION H
• HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT
• WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT?

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H.1INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY

• Strategic Steps to Integrate Sustainability
• Record on Briefing Note 10
• Up to Six Changes
• Report Back

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• SESSION J
• WHAT CAN I DO?

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J.1PERSONAL PLEDGES

• Personal Actions/Contributions
• At Work
• Outside Work
• Record on Briefing Note 11

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• SESSION K
• FINAL THOUGHTS

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K.1FINAL THOUGHTS

• Final Questions, Comments
• Record on Flip Chart
• Feedback Form Briefing Note 12