What is a Sustainability Dashboard?
Kim Lundgren
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Just over two years into my new company, I took a step back in order to take a giant leap forward. I went through a comprehensive branding exercise, the kind that I -- like many of us in start-up mode -- had glossed over in the early days. The end result was a new name (KLA), new logo, new website, new marketing collateral -- and a new appreciation for why I do what I do. That journey and the lessons I learned along the way could prove instructive for your community programs.
Topics: community engagement, local government
UPDATE JANUARY 2018: We reconnected with Dan Guilbeault of DC at the end of 2017 to see how their 2017 Volunteer Ambassador cohort and how the program was evolving. Read the update from Dan.
This article first appeared on Triple Pundit.
Topics: sustainability, community engagement, DC
It's Earth Day. Are you still looking for ways to be more proactive and engaging in your community? Do you want to use the momentum of Earth Day as a springboard for future events? Could you use ideas for how to sustain your outreach through the summer and fall? Keep reading.
Topics: community engagement, earth day
Topics: sustainability, dashboard, public health, Nashua
In a recent blog post we talked about Sustainable ROI or "SROI" (you can also listen to our SAS Talk podcast on the topic with guest Stephane Larocque of Impact Infrastructure) and the importance of integrating the “triple bottom line” of people, planet and profits into traditional cost-benefit analyses when making infrastructure decisions.
Topics: sustainability, infrastructure, public works
The weather and nascent blooms certainly make it feel like spring. The question is: Spring 2017 or Spring 2005?
Topics: local government, climate action
Topics: sustainability, infrastructure, SAS Talk Podcast
There’s nothing like hopping on to social media to see an empowering headline like “Climate change is happening now -- here’s eight things we can do to adapt to it” and then noticing the byline is one of your most esteemed colleagues. That was my much-needed jolt yesterday when I read the Guardian headline in my Facebook feed posted by the article’s author Missy Stults.
Topics: climate change, local government
I’ve just posted the most recent SAS Talk podcast and during our conversation my guest Erin Deady of Erin Deady Law, who helped get Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing off the ground in Florida, says she expects 2017 to be “The Year of PACE.” We explore that and more as we kick off a Financing Solutions series, shining the spotlight first on PACE as one of many tools local governments have at their disposal to support clean energy, climate protection and sustainability projects in their communities.
Topics: local government, SAS Talk Podcast
