highlands sustainable future fair
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HIGHLANDS SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE FAIRNovember 19 + 20 | 2010
GUIDE TO THE EVENING
• What is Sustainability?
• What is Integrated Community Sustainability Planning?
• Success + Sustainability: The Future of the Highlands
• Question + Answer
• Next Steps
What is
SUSTAINABILITY?
Sustainability: A Systems Approach
“Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes, recognizing patterns and interrelationships, and learning how to structure those interrelationships in more effective, efficient ways.”
Peter Senge
Principles-based Systems thinking example: traffic
Sustainability Task Force used the Brundtland Commission definition:
• Sustainability, in the context of the Highlands municipality and community, is defined as meeting the needs of the present community without compromising the ability of future generations to meet the same needs, and without degrading the functioning of local to global ecosystems as a result of resource use within the Highlands.
Shared Understanding of General Global TrendsWhat we need to know in order to define sustainability
life supporting resources
declining
consumption of
life supporting resources
increasing
ImplicationsAdverse health effects
Increasing resource costs
Increasing waste mgt. costs
Higher insurance premiums
Increasing public pressure to act
Sustainability: A Shared Definition
What is...
INTEGRATED COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING?
Integrated Community Sustainability Plan
Community-wide, comprehensive long-term sustainability plan
2010 20302060– Vision of WHAT Highlands would like to be
– Strategies for HOW to get there
Community’s highest level policy, amends OCP, and is integrated widely into municipal and community decision making
Integrated framework at all levels
A Systems Based Planning Approach
2060 Vision: Highlands is
successful + sustainable
Current Reality
(Highlands Today)
Highlands Plan
Description of
Success
2010 2030
Whistler2020
• Whistler’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan and process
• 5 priorities
• 17 strategies
• 15 task forces meet annually
• 50+ partners
• 90+ indicators
• Annual monitoring and reporting
• Implementation through actions
Imagine Our Future (Williams Lake)
Imagine Our Future (Williams Lake)
Imagine Our Future (Williams Lake) Priority Areas
• Resilient Economy
• Social Well-Being
• Partnering with First Nations
• Distinctive Arts Culture & Heritage
• World-Class Recreation
• Affordable Housing & Liveable Neighbourhoods
• Lively Downtown
• Cherished Local Ecosystems
• Active & Convenient Transportation and
• Local Food & Agriculture
Imagine Our Future (Williams Lake)
• Implementation:
OCP update and alignment
Monitoring and reporting system
Action planning and implementation committees
Municipal decision-making framework
Sustainability charter
Smart growth principles
Other communities are doing it!
• ImagineKimberley
• Imagine Invermere
• SEE Osoyoos Succeed
• Cranbrook Connected
• Olds, Alberta
• Canmore, Alberta
Success + Sustainability:
THE FUTURE OF THE
HIGHLANDS
History of Sustainability Planning in Highlands
• OCP in 2007
• OCP amendments in 2010 (GHG, RUCSPA)
• Roadside Trail and Cycle Network Masterplan 2010
• Sustainability Task Force (members, mandate, purpose)
• Why idea for ICSP and OCP alignment
Existing Parks and Trails
Building on STF
• Sustainability Task Force Jan – Nov 2009
• 42 recommendations
• ICSP process and plan built upon success of STF report
• Sustainability Strategy Advisory Committee
Highlands ICSP Process
STF report / 42 recommendations
DoS and CR statements from STF, OCP, public
input
Action analysis;
final actionsIndicators ICSP
Highlands ICSP
• Long-term, integrated, comprehensive
• Guides OCP and other municipal plans and policies
• Guides practices in community
• Incorporates STF recommendations and input from Sustainability Fair and website
Relationship of the ICSP to OCP and Other Policies
ICSP
Official Community Plan
Plan for Social Well-Being
Tourism Development
Strategy
Sustainable Resource Management Plan
Subdivision Bylaw
Business License Bylaw
Energy and Emissions Plan
Economic Development
Strategy
Parks and Recreation Master Plans
Zoning Bylaw
Secondary Plans
Transportation Strategy
Trails Network Plan
Homelessness and Affordable Housing Plans
Ecosystems Management Plan
Questions?
NEXT STEPS
Whooooo? Me?
Tomorrow (Sat Nov 20)
Workshop on Highlands Sustainable Future
Descriptions of Current Reality
o Is this an accurate description? What’s missing?
Descriptions of Success
o Is this an accurate description? What’s missing?
Share photos, stories
What next?
DoS / CR
Action analysis
Final actions
Draft ICSP
Final ICSP
OCP
http://highlands.bc.ca/sustainability/
HIGHLANDS SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE FAIRNovember 19 + 20 | 2010
GUIDE TO THE DAY
• What is Sustainability?
• What is Integrated Community Sustainability Planning?
• Success + Sustainability: Highlands ICSP
• Today’s work
– Descriptions of Current Reality
– Descriptions of Success
– What are we going to do with them?
• Next Steps
What is
SUSTAINABILITY?
Sustainability: A Systems Approach
“Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes, recognizing patterns and interrelationships, and learning how to structure those interrelationships in more effective, efficient ways.”
Peter Senge
Principles-based Systems thinking example: traffic
Sustainability Task Force used the Brundtland Commission definition:
• Sustainability, in the context of the Highlands municipality and community, is defined as meeting the needs of the present community without compromising the ability of future generations to meet the same needs, and without degrading the functioning of local to global ecosystems as a result of resource use within the Highlands.
Shared Understanding of General Global TrendsWhat we need to know in order to define sustainability
life supporting resources
declining
consumption of
life supporting resources
increasing
ImplicationsAdverse health effects
Increasing resource costs
Increasing waste mgt. costs
Higher insurance premiums
Increasing public pressure to act
Sustainability: A Shared Definition
What is...
INTEGRATED COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING?
Integrated Community Sustainability Plan
Community-wide, comprehensive long-term sustainability plan
2010 20302060– Vision of WHAT Highlands would like to be
– Strategies for HOW to get there
Community’s highest level policy, amends OCP, and is integrated widely into municipal and community decision making
Integrated framework at all levels
A Systems Based Planning Approach
2060 Vision: Highlands is
successful + sustainable
Current Reality
(Highlands Today)
Highlands Plan
Description of
Success
2010 2030
HIGHLANDS’ ICSP
Building on STF
• Sustainability Task Force Jan – Nov 2009
• 42 recommendations
• ICSP process and plan built upon success of STF report
• Sustainability Strategy Advisory Committee
Highlands ICSP Process
STF report / 42 recommendations
DoS and CR statements from STF, OCP, public
input
Recommendation Analysis, final
actionsIndicators ICSP
Highlands ICSP
• Long-term, integrated, comprehensive
• Guides OCP and other municipal plans and policies
• Guides practices in community
• Incorporates STF recommendations and input from Sustainability Fair and website
Relationship of the ICSP to OCP and Other Policies
ICSP
Official Community Plan
Plan for Social Well-Being
Tourism Development
Strategy
Sustainable Resource Management Plan
Subdivision Bylaw
Business License Bylaw
Energy and Emissions Plan
Economic Development
Strategy
Parks and Recreation Master Plans
Zoning Bylaw
Secondary Plans
Transportation Strategy
Trails Network Plan
Homelessness and Affordable Housing Plans
Ecosystems Management Plan
TODAY’S WORK
COMMUNITY SYSTEMS = STRATEGIES FOR ACTION
Buildings and Sites
• Physical characteristics of buildings and sites
• Residential, commercial, institutional, industrial
• Surrounding landscape
• Infrastructure, materials and practices relating to building/site
53
Community and Individual Health
• Meeting residents’ physical, mental, emotional, spiritual health
• Community safety
• Health services, promotion and enablers (e.g. recreation)
54
Economy and Work
• Diversification within rural context
• Sustains and utilizes natural environment
• Bringing in $ to community
55
Education and Leisure
• Activities outside of paid and unpaid work
• Arts, culture, recreation, education
• Supporting infrastructure and resources
• Accessible and inclusive
56
Energy
• Meeting Highlands’ energy needs in an affordable, reliable and sustainable way that fits into rural character
• Energy delivery and management
57
Food
• Supports affordable and reliable food system
• Integrity of the land and people providing the food
• More sustainable food system – farm to fork to disposal
58
Land Use and Natural Areas
• Manage development to maintain Highlands’ rural character, livability and natural areas
• Supports limited economic development
• Protect and restore ecosystem integrity and biodiversity
59
Transportation and Mobility
• Movement of residents and materials to, from and within Highlands in more efficient and sustainable manner
60
Water and Waste Systems
• Supply of high quality water and materials for appropriate uses while minimizing environmental impacts
• Entire water and material system including sourcing, delivery, use and end of life system
61
Descriptions of Current Reality
• Describe today’s situation in Highlands within each identified system/strategy area.
Current Reality:
• A list of five to seven key sustainability challenges facing the community in this system/strategy.
• A list of community assets (such as current initiatives, programs, relationships, policies, structures and other actions) that already exist in the community and can be leveraged as part of a coordinated movement toward sustainability.
• A description of key stakeholders and how they can influence the success of efforts to move the community system toward sustainability.
Current Reality Statements:
• Highlight the key challenges and gaps between ‘Where we are today’ and ‘where we’re going’ in the future (i.e. DoS).
• This gap helps to identify high priority areas for action and generates energy required for innovative ideas.
Descriptions of Success
• Describe what success in the community of Highlands will look like in a sustainable and successful future in the year 2030
• It generally takes the form of a statement of the highest aspirations and purpose for the community strategy
Descriptions of Success
• Guide decision-making at every level, within the municipality as well as throughout the community.
• Addresses the question:
What does a successful and sustainable Highlands look like to you in the area of [insert strategy]?
Workgroups:
• Select community system/strategy
• Workbooks at each table
• Each strategy has draft Current Reality statements and descriptions of success
• Review Current Reality
– Anything missing?
• Review DoS
– Anything missing?
NEXT STEPS
Whooooo? Me?
Highlands ICSP Process
STF report / 42 recommendations
DoS and CR statements from STF, OCP, public
input
Action analysis;
final actionsIndicators ICSP
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU!
http://highlands.bc.ca/sustainability/