KLA Perspectives

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. 

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. 

“April showers bring May flowers” has always been the optimist’s view of the rainy weather that often marks this month. But for many cities, these days “rain” is more like “deluge” that leads to flooding before flowers and it’s not just confined to April.

I am just back from warm and sunny Phoenix and the national conference of the American Planning Association (APA). This is my sixth time attending this conference and yet again it delivered in terms of compelling sessions and ample networking (4,300 people attended!). I was pleased to see APA continue to enhance its focus on sustainability. In fact, at the session for the APA Sustainable Communities Division, it was suggested that ALL planning should be sustainable- as in sustainability planning and planning should be one in the same. I wholeheartedly agree with this statement.

January 2017 Update: Take a short 2-minute video tour of the Sustainability Dashboard. If you like what you see, schedule a free demo.