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Re: CoordinatorHUB Where the charter meets the action plan

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Posted by Dave Ewoldt on May 22nd, 2008 at 6:14 pm | 1 Replies

On 22 May 2008 at 9:51, David Parkinson wrote:

>The original plan is that the charter would be a high-level policy
> document, and the framework for it is a 5-way one: * Environmental *
> Social * Cultural * Economic * Governance
>Not surprisingly, the main action and
> interest is in #1: environmental sustainability.No one quite knows what to
> make of the others, so those working groups are small and meet less often.

Why not start with adopting the Earth Charter, which covers all those areas from the perspective of sustainable development that has respect and care for the community of life as its foundation?

There's some folks over on Vancouver Island (in Duncan, I think) who are taking that approach.

As far as a transition plan to put this into action, I'm starting with a project that brings a very wide cross-section of the community together to reach consensus on what sustainability actually means, how to develop meaningful quality of life indicators based on this understanding, and then determine what the environmental and economic carrying capacity of the region is -- taking into account likely impacts from Peak Oil and global warming -- in order to set growth threshold standards. This then becomes the foundation for future planning decisions. This is the rough outline of the CASI project I was talking about here recently.

I'm finding support from both ends of the political spectrum, but it's taking a lot of work and face-to-face meetings.

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David Parkinson
May 22nd, 2008

Re: Where the charter meets the action plan

I'll check out the Earth Charter, thanks.

I think that where we're at on the trajectory right now is somewhere between derelict-civic-initiative and full-fledged-transition-planning-group. I keep hoping that the city has managed to accomplish what a few lonely activists have failed to do so far: bring people together to talk about peak oil, post-peak transitioning, and reaching a steady state compatible with our local resources and needs. We'll see.

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Dave Ewoldt <dave@> wrote:

On 22 May 2008 at 9:51, David Parkinson wrote:

>The original plan is that the charter would be a high-level policy
> document, and the framework for it is a 5-way one: * Environmental *
> Social * Cultural * Economic * Governance
>Not surprisingly, the main action and
> interest is in #1: environmental sustainability.No one quite knows what to
> make of the others, so those working groups are small and meet less often.

Why not start with adopting the Earth Charter, which covers all those areas from the perspective of sustainable development that has respect and care for the community of life as its foundation?

There's some folks over on Vancouver Island (in Duncan, I think) who are taking that approach.

As far as a transition plan to put this into action, I'm starting with a project that brings a very wide cross-section of the community together to reach consensus on what sustainability actually means, how to develop meaningful quality of life indicators based on this understanding, and then determine what the environmental and economic carrying capacity of the region is -- taking into account likely impacts from Peak Oil and global warming -- in order to set growth threshold standards. This then becomes the foundation for future planning decisions. This is the rough outline of the CASI project I was talking about here recently.

I'm finding support from both ends of the political spectrum, but it's taking a lot of work and face-to-face meetings.


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