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Sustainability: Update Process
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In reviewing the progress made since the 1994 adoption of the
program, the Task Force on the Environment recognized the need to
update and expand the Sustainable City goals and indicators to provide
a more complete picture of community sustainability, and to develop new
indicator targets for 2010. The Task Force felt that a comprehensive
update would allow Santa Monica to build on its initial success and to
better address the challenges to sustainability that remain.
The update process began in July 2001 with the formation of the
Sustainable City Working Group - a large group of community
stakeholders that included elected and appointed officials, City staff,
and representatives of neighborhood organizations, schools, the
business community and other community groups. The Working Group met
numerous times over the course of 15 months to discuss the myriad
issues related to the sustainability of the community. They evaluated
the long-term sustainability of Santa Monica using a framework
comprised of three forms of community capital that need to be managed
with care in order to ensure that the community does not deteriorate.
These include natural capital – the natural environment and natural
resources of the community; human and social capital – the
connectedness among people in the community and the education, skills
and health of the population; and financial and built capital –
manufactured goods, buildings, infrastructure, information resources,
credit and debt.
The group proposed significant changes to the initial Sustainable
City goals and indicators, and assisted with the creation of new
indicator targets. Early drafts of the proposed update were revised
based on a large amount of public input received during the summer of
2002.
The result of this process is this updated Santa Monica Sustainable City Plan  which represents the community’s vision of Santa Monica as a
sustainable city. The change in name from Sustainable City Program to
Sustainable City Plan was made to better reflect the long-term
comprehensive nature of Santa Monica’s vision and the community’s
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Last updated: Thursday, 07/09/2009
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Sustainability in Action
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Looking for ways to integrate sustainability programming?
Contact the Community Sustainbility Laision to learn how. |
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Take Measure of Our Progress
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The Sustainable City Progress Report is your portal into the ways we measure success in meeting our sustainability goals. Each and everything in the Sustainable City Plan is measured, point by point, and on display.
Take a moment to measure Santa Monica's program for yourself. |
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