Reflect on sustainability efforts in Corvallis or another community of your choice
Assignment objectives:
Reflect on sustainability efforts in Corvallis or another community of your choice
Assess the strengths of these efforts and alignment to the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition Action Plan
Identify gaps and opportunities in sustainability efforts in Corvallis or another community of your choice
Craft a recommendation for furthering sustainability efforts in Corvallis or another community of your choice
Determine how you will assess the success of these efforts
Assignment instructions:
Answer each of the questions below. Leave in the numbers and questions when you submit your
responses. Use evidence and provide citations from at least 5 sources. Please use APA format to
cite your sources in the text of your answers and at the end of this document (see question 6).
1. Name the Action Team/sustainability focus area that you have chosen:
2. From your perspective, what is the community (Corvallis or the community that you have chosen to focus on for this assignment) currently doing well in terms of the efforts within this sustainability focus area? (100-200 words, 20 pts)
3. From your perspective, what gaps exist in sustainability efforts within this focus area in the community (Corvallis or the community that you have chosen to focus on for this assignment). Based on your perception of gaps in sustainability efforts, explain the opportunities that you see for increasing sustainability efforts. (100-200 words, 20 pts)
4. Based on the case studies you examined for the Community Sustainability Research Assignment, your responses above and additional research, craft a sustainability recommendation for either Corvallis or the community of your choice within the
sustainability focus area you have selected. Be sure to consider and include information about the following:
a. Identify one goal to align your recommendation to. You are welcome to create your own goal or to select an appropriate goal from the Corvallis Community Sustainability Action Plan.
b. Explain how your recommendation will advance progress toward this goal.
c. Outline next steps of your recommendation in either bullet points or paragraph form.
d. Describe the stakeholders you would like to engage in the discussion, design, refinement, and implementation of next steps. How will you recruit and engage a diverse group of stakeholders?
e. Specify existing organizations or propose new organizations that you could work with to implement your recommended next steps.
f. Describe potential barriers to success and how you hope to navigate around these barriers.
g. Describe impacts of your recommendations in the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainability.
h. Describe potential assessment methods for the impact of your recommendations. Consider both qualitative and quantitative assessment options.
(300-700 words for parts a-g, 100 points)
5. List the sources you used to complete this assignment (minimum of 5) using APA formatting and use citations when appropriate. (10 pts)
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