SCI Table of Contents
- Cover
- i. Acknowledgements
- ii. Forward
- iii. Table of Contents
- 1. History and Project Design
- 1.1 The Setting
- 1.2 The People
- 1.3 A Grass Roots Movement
- 1.4 The Vision
- 1.5 The Sustainable Chequamegon Center
- 1.6 Operating Guidelines
- 2 Goals and Objectives
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Business
- 2.3 Government
- 2.4 Education
- 2.5 Energy/Waste
- 2.6 Agriculture and Food Security
- 2.7 Housing
- 2.8 Transportation
- 2.9 Population and Consumption
- 2.10 Natural Resources
Appendix
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A group of individuals in the Chequamegon Bay Area of Northwest Wisconsin, eager to advance the principles and concepts of sustainability, established The Alliance for Sustainability (AFS) in 1992. AFS is a 501 c-3 nonprofit organization. In 2005, AFS launched a new project: The Sustainable Chequamegon Initiative. This initiative has engaged hundreds of area residents during the last year who are now ready to further the vision of AFS and establish a Sustainable Chequamegon Center for the region. This strategic plan is intended to be a working document that should be updated as the need arises. Vision of the Alliance for Sustainability:"The Alliance for Sustainability acknowledges its responsibility for leadership in creating a sustainable community. A sustainable community respects its own diversity and accepts responsibility for social, economic and ecological well being of the present and future generations through individual and collective actions." What do we mean by "sustainable development?""Sustainable development... meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (World Commission on Environment and Development. Our Common Future. The Brundtland Report. Oxford University Press, 1987¸ p. 43). It is the understanding of all who authored this document that sustainable development is grounded in the belief that to sustain life on this planet, current generations must retain as many options and resources as now exist for future generations. Sustainability efforts are intended to maintain these options while providing for healthy people, a healthy environment and a prosperous economy. Sustainability is grounded in three interdependent forms of capital - social, natural and financial. The economy (built environment) and society (human culture) are limited by the carrying capacity of the natural environment (the earth´s natural resources) - see illustration below. "Development" in this context suggests improvements in human technology and advances in the human condition, including health, education, economic well-being, wisdom, freedom and overall quality of life.
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