Prospects for Regional Cooperation

1. Prospects for Regional Cooperation SCORAI Conference November 15-17 2009, Worcester, MA Jeffrey Barber, Integrative Strategies ForumJack Luskin, University of Massachusetss, Lowell

3. Some practices target leverage pointsfocused more on consumption, others on production Product information Voluntary simplicity Education Right to Know Ethical shopping Product lifecycle assessment Industrial ecology CSR Extended producer responsibility Clean production Eco product design

4. Other practices target leverage pointsdriving production & consumption decisions Distribution – product pricing, marketing/ advertising, packaging, transport,sales/trade Investment of resources (money, natural, labor, knowledge) Values – Root priorities which ultimately shape all other decisions

5. A decentralized, regional movement continues to evolve. My Sustainable Canada OneEarth SCORAI Adbusters (Culture Jamming) Canadian Green Building Summit Consumers Union (Greener Choices) Funders WG for SPC (Story of Stuff) Sustainable Manufacturing Summit Center for a New American Dream Center for Sustainable Production Worldwatch Institute Redefining Progress (Genuine Progress Indicator) National Geographic (Green Guide) Product Policy Institute

6. Different practices & practitioners linked within “communities of practice” Each with their own: • Concepts and principles • Literature (key books, papers) • Skills, training, education • Terminology or jargon • Gatherings (conferences, study groups) • Goals or aims • Saints and heroes • Personal friendships • Collective history

7. Consumption-based practices and communities: Key Terms: • Simplicity • Simple living • Downshifting • Frugality • Sufficiency • Quality of life

8. Production-based practices & communities:Sustainable manufacturing Key terms: Competitiveness & profitability Green product portfolio Low-carbon products Carbon offsetting Lifecycle approach Emissions reduction Sustainable supply chain management Remanufacturing

9. Production-based practices & communities:Corporate Social Responsibility Key terms: Triple Bottom Line (3BL) Responsible entrepreneurship Corporate citizenship Voluntary initiatives Continuous improvement Environmental management system (EMS) Supply chain management

10. Business networks linking local communities of practice

11. How to support the range of different practices and communities of practice targeting different leverage points?

12. How to support the range of different practices and communities of practice targeting different leverage points?

13. Searching for the perfect fit

14. Economy and ecosystem Energy + materials

15. “sustainable production and consumption” A system providing for human needs, improving social and economic security and quality of life for all people, including future generations, while protecting the ecosystems upon which human life depends.

16. The political context is changing • Until recently, “sustainable consumption” viewed as risky. • Economic changes forcing reduction in consumption. • As costs rise, citizens are re-thinking what is important. • Public concern with worsening environmental & social trends is growing. • Increasing demand for change – not rhetoric and jargon but practical solutions. Rising energy costs Increasing pollution & climate change

17. Evolution of a movement • A decentralized, regional movement continues to evolve. • This movement consists of many different communities of practice. • The concept of “success” and its measures are changing. • The political context is changing • These current practices are each part of an evolving vision of a sustainable economy, yet the movement towards this is fragmented. • Regional support efforts could encourage and improve cooperation, exchange of knowledge and tools, and visibility of practices.

19. North American Sustainable Consumption Alliance (NASCA) www.nasca.icspac.net

20. Residential Energy Efficiency Project(REEP Waterloo Region) Coastal Labrador Waste Action Plan Chimalapas Project. Commission of Studies of the Private Sector for ustainable Development. DESIRE Demonstration in Small Industries for Reducing WastEs. Ecology - efficiency in the Private Sector. National camera of the Industry transformation/GAR. Energías renovables en Baja California Sur Management of Water Catchment Areas for the Río Lerma in the Toluca Valley and for the Río Balsas Comercio Justo. 'Right Commerce' Ecosolar Corporate Knights Magazine Centre de gestion des déplacements du centre-ville de Montréal – Self-service bike station Envrioclub^OM Program Innu Nation Guardian Program Group To promote Education and the Sustainable Development Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Stewardship Environmental Choice Program NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Industrial Chair in Site Remediation and Management Canadian Standards Association Sustainable Forest Management MyKyoto.ca – Stop Climate Change! Life Cycle Value Assessment S.M.A.R.T. Movement Trip Reducing Program (Save Money and the Air by Reducing Trips) Green Leaf- Hotel Eco-Rating Program Green Building Design Transportation Demand Management FEMISCA SAGARPA Agromercados. Diocese of Charlottetown - The Enviro Church Conservation Program (ECCP) Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia RiverSafe Car Wash Campaign Home Tune-Up Program The Otesha Project Cool Shops GIPPER (Governments Incorporating Procurement Practices which are Environmetally Responsible) PollutionWatch Fridge Exchange Program Water Efficient Demonstration Community Electronics Product Stewardship Canada AutoShare Living Greener Calendar Green Power Initiative Healthy Lawn Program Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) Cleaners, Toxins and the Ecosystem ProjectThe CancerSmart Consumer Guide Sierra Youth Coalition's Sustainable Campuses Project How to map and engagethe hundreds of initiativeschanging production and consumption patterns?

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