The Natural Step for Communities
Study Circle
"The Natural Step for Communities" study circle is a ten session community discussion for
community members wishing to better understand what sustainability means, and for a variety of sustainability practitioners
interested in introducing or expanding their specialties into a community. The study circle provides inspiring examples of
communities and businesses that have made dramatic changes toward sustainability, and explains how others can emulate their
success.
Purpose:
* To understand how the natural step framework can be a compass for sustainble community development.
* To discover sustainable practices in Sweden and North
America that improved communities.
* To build support for bringing about change in your community.
Discussion themes include:
- The Natural Step Framework and Sustainability
- Renewable Energy
- Alternative Transportation
- Green Building
- Green Businesses
- Eco-Economic Development
- Ecological Schools and Education
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Dealing with Waste
- Protecting Biodiversity
- Sustainable Land Use and Planning
- What Gets in the Way of Change
- Three Change Processes That Work
- Steps to Change
- Process Leaders
Participate
To learn how to start the "Natural Step for Communities" study circle in your neighborhood, workplace or center of faith contact Sustain Dane at email or call (608) 819-0689.
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