Webbased Clearinghouse for Sustainability and Eco-Municipality Related Information

Great news!!
It is now that much easier to locate information about the ongoing statewide sustainability efforts.
Thanks to the UW Extension Sustainability Team, they have just launched a web-based Sustainable Communities Capacity Center at http://www2.uwsuper.edu/sustainability/index.htm. While it is still a work in progress, it promises to be a valuable collective resource.

Here is the launch message:


The University of Wisconsin-Extension Sustainability Team announces the launch of its "Sustainable Communities Capacity Center" website. The intent of this website, by providing access to educational materials and resources, is to expand the capacity of communities to explore, understand, create, implement, evaluate, and share sustainability strategies.

The web link is: http://www2.uwsuper.edu/sustainability/.

While the capacity center is a work in progress, one topic that received priority emphasis is the "Eco-Municipality" portion of the site. To date, twenty-one local governments in Wisconsin have passed "eco-municipality" resolutions. In these resolutions, they endorse the Natural Step framework, which is a systems- and science-based sustainability planning and decision-making guide, and they agree to apply it, whenever possible, to their planning, policy making, and municipal practices.

Wisconsin has the largest concentration of such "eco-municipalities" of any state in the country. They are located throughout the state and range in size from small towns to larger cities and counties. During two gatherings in April of this year, representatives from these communities and others interested in community sustainability encouraged the Sustainability Team and UW-Extension to provide a resource or capacity center to document and support these efforts. This site is a response to that request.
The team is fully engaged in efforts to expand the content of the capacity center and encourages you to check back regularly. All feedback and content suggestions are appreciated.

Feel free to contact either of the team co-chairs.
Jerry Hembd, Team Co-chair, jhembd@uwsuper.edu
Jay Moynihan, Team Co-chair, jay.moynihan@ces.uwex.edu