Involving your community in

safeguarding and sustaining your

environment

Contents

Why sustainability?

Addressing sustainability at ISM

Student leaders Q and A

Questions: http://todaysmeet.com/mcleanetc

Your questions

Part 1: Why sustainability?

A set of conditions and trends in a given system that can

continue indefinitely.

Definitions

Sustainability

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Source: International Geosphere-Biosphere Program; see The ISIS Agreement for complete citation

Trends

Source: un.org

United NationsResponse

Scientific Community Response

Source: stockholmresilience.org

Source: princetonreview.com

College Students/Parents Response

US College Response

Source: A New Era of Sustainability: UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study 2010

Corporate Response

Source: A New Era of Sustainability: UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study 2010

The problem

How is your school addressing

sustainability?

Share your experiences with the

person next to you (2mins)

Part 2: Addressing sustainability at ISM

➤ N = Nature

Environment, resources, ecosystems, climate

➤ E = Economy

Production, consumption, employment, investment

➤ S = Society

Government, culture, institutions, social concerns

➤ W = Wellbeing

Individual health, families, self-development, quality of life

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The Compass

INDICATORS

SYSTEMS

INNOVATIONS

STRATEGIES

AGREEMENTS & ACTIONS

How Pyramid Works

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The Pyramid

Preparing the ground for the first meeting

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@SIP 1

What is happening?

Establishing Outcomes

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Society

Outcome: Practical campus behaviors that will make safeguarding our environment accessible and easy

Outcome: To improve through an economical perspective we must try to reduce resources to the bare essentials

Economy

Well Being

Outcome: Being open-minded and having a greater awareness of how our habits and mindsets affect the environment

@SIP 2

What is happening?

Developing Indicators

“Measurement of key trends relevant to the outcomes”

reliable data

understandable

clear in implications

reflective of change in time

systemic

responsive

relevant

Nature Indicator: Energy consumption as expressed by kilowatt hours billed per month

Society Indicator: The number of students taking the bus and the number of cars entering the campus on the first day of each semester.

Economy Indicator: Reams of paper used per department and per grade level

Produced by Search Institute

Well Being Indicator: Attitudes and behaviors survey

Between SIP 2 and SIP 3:

What is happening?

Data Collection

Nature Data-Electricity

Nature Data-Electricity

Nature Data-Electricity

Economy- Paper

Economy- Paper

Economy- Paper

Economy- Paper

Society- Transport

2011 2012

Society- Transport

@SIP 3

Why is it happening?

Systems

ADB Involvement

Why is it happening? Systems

Why is it happening? Feedback loops

Why is it happening? Leverage points

At what level of the iceberg are sustainability initiatives

at your school?

Share your thoughts with the person

next to you (2mins)

@SIP 3

What can we do about it?

Innovations

Innovations

Nature Innovation:

• Solar panels

Society Innovation:

• School bus fees incorporated into school fees

• School bus centralized pick up points

Economy Innovation:

• Share information on paper use more regularly and openly

• Support teachers in developing alternative options to using paper

Well Being Innovation

@SIP 3

How can we do it?

Strategies

Strategies

5 Criteria of successful innovations

Relative advantage

Relative simplicity

Trialability

ObservabilityCompatibility

Gilman’s Equation

PROMOTE

Perceived

Value of the

NEW IDEA

Perceived

Value of the

OLD WAY

Perceived

COST OF

CHANGE

N O CC

CRITIQUE FACILITATE

Source: Robert Gilman, cited in AtKisson, Believing Cassandra (1999 and 2010)

Nature Strategy

Return on Investment

Philippines grid

Minimum electricity usage forms base point

Emphasis on facilitating costs of change

Society Strategy

Emphasis on promoting benefits of new way

Safer

As quick

More sociable

Better for environment

Positive impact on whole of the school neighborhood

Economy Strategy

Teachers that are meeting targets are celebrated

Emphasis on the benefits of the new way, critique of old way and facilitate costs of change

Principals set reduction targets for paper use

Departments monitor paper use on monthly basis

Professional development time is allocated for training teachers in alternatives

Well Being Strategy

They didn’t get what it meant to strategize

Outcome of Pyramid process: Executive summaries for board approval

Discussion questions

a) What might be the effects of such an approach in terms of student learning?

b) To what extent would this approach be effective in your school?

c) What barriers might you face in implementing such an initiative

Share your ideas with the person next to you

Part 3: Student leader Q and A

Your questions?

Thank you

Extension: Steps involved

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Raising Awareness

Source: 2polarities.org

Empowering students

Source: akaraka.org.sg

Involving people and embracing perspectives

Source: nras.org.uk

Adopting a framework

Source:www.viss.lv/dati/ehaus/094.jpg

Getting administrative buy in

Source: huffingtonpost.com

Raising the profile

Source: bbcshop.com

Building on existing structures

Source: www.psdgraphics.com/