Eco-municipalities: Resources

• Greg David complied a DVD collection "highlighing" Dr. Karl-Henrik Robert's best teaching moments from the 2006 Swedish Tour of EcoMunicipalities. The 12 or 14 CD/DVD collection set is now available. Use the following link to read the DVD content descriptions, ordering instructions, and Greg David contact information.
• Info on starting an Eco-Municipality effort in your community.
  
• Policy Guide for Planning for Sustainability developed by the American Planning Association.
  
• Interview on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Here on Earth” show of Torbjorn's Lahti (Swedish Eco-Municipality Leader - required Real Player)
  
• "Bringing Sustainability to Your Community" presentation by Torbjorn Lahti and Sarah James to the City of Madison, WI. Requires Real Player.
  
• The Book: "The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices"
  
• The Natural Step web site | International TNS web sites
  
• Sustainable Sweden Eco-Municipality 2006 tour notes, pictures and information
  

Articles about Eco-Municipalty efforts in Wisconsin, the United States and Internationally

• Dane County
• Duluth, MN, August 2005
• Vandergrift, PA, hoping its going green movement will make old steel town more livable, November 2005
• Lawrence, NJ (video) May 2006 Ne
• Johnson Creek., WI - Johnson Creek Village adopts sustainable community policy, September 2006
• Northern Wisconsin - Bayfield, December 2006
• Eco Municipality - Kenya, Africa, March 2007 (PDF 4 MB)
• Kewaunee County residents embrace "Natural Step", May 22, 2007
• Neenah embraces ecological principles: Council unanimously passes resolution, October 17, 2008 (pdf)

Who's Eco in Wisconsin?

• Dunn County March 19, 2008
• City of Neenah, October 17, 2007
• City of Manitowoc, June 18, 2007
• City of LaCrosse,February 8, 2007
• City of Marshfield,January 16, 2007
• City of Bayfield,December 13, 2006
• Town of Bayfield,October 16, 2006
• Village of Johnson Creek, August 14, 2006
• Douglas County, May 18, 2006
• City of Madison,December 13, 2005
• City of Ashland,September 13, 2005
• City of Washburn,July 11, 2005

Start an Eco-municipality in your community.

• Sustainability at home is a toolkit that helps homeowners understand how
  to apply sustainable development concepts to everyday household decisions.


• Build Awareness and capacity in your community/organization - Natural Step Study Circles


• Educate yourself on benefits of The Natural Step –Step by Natural Step e-learning


• Request a speaker to present information about eco-municipalities. – Contact Sustain Dane


• Take a tour of   Eco-municipalities in Sweden.


• Take early and easy steps with your local municipality towards sustainability – A Toolkit for Local Governments


• Introduce a resolution, see sample Resolutions - Washburn, WI | Ashland, WI | Johnson Creek, WI | Douglas Co., WI


• Create an integrated sustainability action plan - City of Madison, WI | Whistler, Canada | Robertsfor, Sweden

North America Eco-Municipality Network

The following 15 organizations are emerging eco-municipalities and thus form this support network.

• 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
• Alliance for Sustainability
• City of Bayfield
• City of Madison
• Corvallis Chapter of the North West Earth Institute (NWEI) (Corvallis, OR)
• Esam, Sweden, website in Swedish, some English
• Heart of the City (Fort Atkinson, WI)
• Portsmouth Listens (Portsmith, NH)
• Robertsfor, Sweden
• Stevens Point
• Sustain Dane
• Sustainable Duluth (Duluth, MN)
• Sustainable Dunn
• Sustainable Lawrence (Lawrence Township, NJ)
• Swedish organization SEKom
• The Natural Step, Canada
• Tufts University
• UW Stevens Point Center for Land Use Education
• Vandergrift Improvement Program (Vandergrift, PA)
• WI chpater of American Planning Association