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A Ms. Hamster’s introduction to my first lesson in sustainability

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We must learn to live within the means of our planet

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2050: 8.9b

1859 1870 1890 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980

2000 2020 2050

World Population

today: 7b1859: 1b

2050: $180ttoday: $50t

GDP

1859: $.7t

2050: 555 ppmtoday: 400 ppm

CO2

1859: 290 ppm

Lesson 1

Communities that do not deliberately embark on a path of transition from fossil fuel fed economic growth will never be sustainable

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Going Fossil Fuel Free in Kristianstaad

Going Fossil Fuel Free The Energy Revolution in Kristianstaad

1300 sq km in area26 communitiesLargest 33,000Smallest 250Total Population 77,000 peopleDistrict Municipality made up of all 26 communities

1999 – Politicians Make Fossil Fuel FREE decision

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Waste = Electricity and Vehicle FuelWind = Electricity; District Heating = Energy Efficiency

Waste + Wind = Self-Reliance and Resilience

Annual direct carbon reduction annually =140,000 tons

Indirect reductionsProcessing waste = less methane23% more powerful than carbon

Lesson 2

• Local and democratic ownership is crucially

Local and democratic ownership is crucial to creating the capacity to invest and re-invest systematically in in the transition to more sustainable communities. necessary and generating to transition to more equitable and sustainable communities.

Lesson 3

Local governments are emerging as a crucial partner and actor in pro-actively navigating the challenges and capturing the opportunities a serious commitment to sustainability represents.

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House Prices vs Average Income

Vancouver (Dunbar)

Price: $14,700

(3.5 years of a carpenter’s labour at $4,000)

Price: $1.6m

(33 years of a carpenter’s labour at $48,000)

Capturing the Unearned Market Lift for Community Benefit

The Community Land Trust Tenure

CLTs own land under a non-profit multi-stakeholder democratic governance model

The CLT leases the land to home owners or non-profit and co-op partners. Limited return restrictions on resale.

Application to land for food growing, workspace, renewable energy

11Source: Champlain Housing Trust

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CLT Increases Affordability Over Time

50% AMI 60% AMI 70% AMI 80% AMI

1984

2002

2009

25 year track record in Burlington

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Superior Stability in Good Times and Bad2009 – US CLTs minimal mortgage problems

National Community Land Trust Network (NCLTN) and Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data for mortgage delinquency and foreclosure, 4th quarter 2009

Source: Champlain Housing Trust

Lesson 4

It is important to expand CLT like mechanisms that capture public benefits from public resources and investment. Reclaiming the commons through rebalancing the dominant ME with the collective WE is integral to transition to sustainability.

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Savoring a Small Victory in the Back Alley

A Community Land Trust Development Model

City of Vancouver

Head lease (99 years)

Housing agreements (Affordability obligations)

Vancity

Owner/Operator Agreements

Sub-leases

Fraserview Co-op

(79 units)

Fraserview Co-op

(82 units)

Total of 161 units over two

sites

HFBC Housing Society (114)

Katherine Sanford Housing

Society (48)

Social Purpose Developments

VancityCHF BC Terra Housing

Project consultants

Architects

Contractors

Legal advisors

Community Housing Land Trust Foundation

Tikva Housing Society (16)

Tikva Housing Society (16)

Site #1 Site #3Site #2 Site #4

355 Homes

Lesson 5

Communities advance their sustainability to the extent they organize themselves to consciously leverage their Assets and Connect the Dots

Energy

ReclaimingFinance

Democratizing & Localizing

Ownership

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Lesson 5ve sustainability toCommunities achieve sustainability to the extent they organize

themselves to consciously connect the dots

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BASIC NEEDS: Food Shelter

Reclaiming the Commons

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