Resources - September 28: Practical Lessons from Eco-municpalities

Ann Beier (Directory, Milwaukee Office of Environmental Sustainability) and Irene Blakely (Mayor of Washburn, WI)

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Audio

September 28 audio recording: "Practical Lessons from Eco-municipalities" (MP3)

Powerpoint Presentation

Ann Beier's presentation on "Community Responses to Sustainability: Practical Lessons from Eco-municipalites" (PDF)

Informative Links

Articles/Speeches

The Eco-municipality Model for Sustainable Community Change: A systems approach to creating sustainable communities, by Torbjorn Lahti and Sarah James (2005)
It's not easy selling green, NPR's Marketplace (September 25, 2007)
Milwaukee is Going Green, Small Business Times (April 27, 2007)
Miwaukee Retrofit: Capturing Home Energy Savings in Milwaukee, COWS (2007)
Social Sustainability in Vancouver, Canadian Policy Research Networks

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