L'Enfant Lecture - Planning, Policy & Poetics

Reviving Investment in Transportation and Infrastructure in America

The Northern Section was well represented at the annual APA L’Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design held in San Francisco this year. In attendance were Board Director Hanson Hom, and Board members, Justin Meek, Naphtali Knox, and Scott Davidson, and Sustainability Committee co-chair, Scott Edmondson. (text continues below the slides).

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Intro to Strategic Sustainability (1CM, Free Webinar 120611)

Are you interested in a 1-hour, web-based introduction to strategic sustainability planning? If so, the Natural Step Network USA will hold a  free, 1-hr, introductory webinar (1CM) on December 6, from 4-5 pm (PST). Sign up  (scroll to bottom of page).

Introduction to The Natural Step Network

This 1-hour general orientation is a concise overview of The Natural Step Framework and how it has been used by organizations and communities. The presentation will describe the core components of the Framework: Systems thinking, Sustainability Principles and backcasting methodology. You’ll learn how these components are used to coordinate actions and continuously move your organization closer to achieving its vision. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn about additional resources available to their organizations.

If you missed the webinar, go here for additional options/resources.

Embed Sustainability into Governement (Free 1-hr Webinar Nov 3)

Embedding Sustainability into the Culture of Municipal Government

(Details/register: FREE Webinar)
Start: Nov 3 2011 - 1:00pm
End: Nov 3 2011 - 2:00pm
Timezone: Canada/Eastern

A culture of sustainability is one in which organizational members hold shared assumptions and beliefs about what sustainability means for their organization, where they are in relation to that, and what they are doing to bridge that gap. Join TNS Canada on November 3 to learn more about Embedding Sustainability into the Culture of Municipal Government. Over the past year The Natural Step Canada, in collaboration with Dr. Stephanie Bertels of Simon Fraser University, conducted research on the activities municipal governments are working on to embed sustainability into their organizational culture.... (visit full post/register).

Interactive Workshop: Planning Sustainable Transportation Improvements Using STARS (Dec 8, 2pm)

STARS (Sustainable Transportation Analysis & Rating System) does more than simply “green up” our current transportation system.

As a transportation planning professional, learn how to meaningfully improve the environmental, economic, and social performance of transportation projects and plans. 

Join this co-hosted workshop between APA California Northern Sustainability Committee and the North American Sustainable Transportation Council.

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Please join us for an informative and interactive session.

• Date/Time:  Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, 2 – 5 pm. Doors open/Check-in 1:30 pm.
• Location/Directions:  ABAG Metro Auditorium (address/map/phone).
• Cost:  $25.
• Register (mandatory):   APA Northern Section Calendar (enter name and email, click button to regiester/pay for tickets).
  
• Contact: scott-e@sustainability2030.com.   
• More information:  Portland Bureau of Transportation.
• CM Credit (3):  pending.

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What did(?) the Partnership for Susatinable Communities Do?

Ask, Geoff Andersen, president and CEO of Smart Growth America. The program saves communities and the federal government millions and billions of dollars and creates local jobs at a very high ROI! Hard to beat it, yet the House of Representatives voted to eliminate its funding! The vote in the senate is up tomorrow (091911).