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Showcasing Sustainability |
Sometimes it's easier to highlight examples of sustainable practices then it is trying to explain what it means to be sustainable. Hopefully the resources provided on this page will encourage you to formally adopt and implement similar practices.
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"The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value." President Theodore Roosevelt |
Sustainable Florida Associates
Sustainable Florida - Collins Center works hard to help define the language and image of what it means to be sustainable in a variety of disciplines. With its Sustainable Florida Standards and the annual Sustainable Florida Conference, public and private sector stakeholders are learning how to become sustainable within their own organizations.
Now Sustainable Florida - Collins Center unveils its most ambitious project yet - Sustainable Florida Associates. If your organization is beginning its "green" journey or is in the business of helping others with their efforts, the Associate training program helps to ensure that you are on the right path.
The following individuals are charter Associates who are sustainability leaders trained to help create sustainability plans, repots and facilitate conversations amongst key stakeholders within in an organization. Using The Business Guide to Sustainability as a foundation, these Sustainable Florida Associates are certified to administer the Sustainability Planning and Reporting Kit - a comprehensive approach to sustainability planning for any size organization.
Contact these individuals if you would like to find out more about how to help make yours a sustainable program. Or better yet, arrange a training session for your area. Simply contact us for more information.
Mr. Tim Adler Consultant Inseed, Inc. Boca Raton Ms. Alena Alberani President Sustainable Community Partners Fort Lauderdale Ms. Gale Allbritton Magnolia Grex and Associates Tallahassee Ms. Betty Alpaugh Education Specialist Sarasoty County Sarasota Dr. Anke Arnaud Assistant Professor Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach Mr. Craig Ash Principal Mora-Ash International Boca Raton Mr. Ted Astolfi President Lorax, LLC Stuart Ms. Kathy Baughman McLeod Deputy Chief of Staff Florida Department of Financial Services Tallahassee Ms. Jan Bell Attorney Carlton Fields Orlando Ms. Peg Blackall Director of Design Scout Real Estate Capital Tallahassee Ms. Jaime Boswell
Environmental Specialist City of Tallahassee Tallahassee Ms. Laurie P. Brown Coordinator UF - TREEO Gainesville Mr. Phil Burguire Manager Metcalf & Eddy / AECOM Orlando David Byrne, P.E.
Sustainability Manager Sarasota County Sarasota Ms. Sue Carlson Green Buildikng Consultant Integrated Green Systems Melbourne Mr. Tim Center, Esq. Director Sustainable Florida - Collins Center Tallahassee Ms. Audrey Chestnut Enterprise Analyst Sarasota County Sarasota Ms. Karen Childress Environmental Stewardship Consultant Environmental Stewardship Consulting Naples Mrs. Venus Childs Senior Planning Engineer City of Tallahassee Tallahassee Ms. Christine Claus Water Conservation Coordinator City of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Ms. Patricia Cohen Davie Ms. Melissa Coleman Corbett Wakulla County Planning & Community Development Crawfordville Mr. Thomas Cordi Executive Director Sustainable TallahasseeTallahassee Ms. Vestina Crayton Extension Educator Pinellas County Government Largo Mr. James D. Crook Project Manager PBS&J Orlando Mr. John A. Daughtridge Program Manager Walt Disney World Windermere Mr. Chris Dinklage Director of Land Development Mosaic Riverview Mr. Brian Doyle Supervisor, North Collier Hospital NCH Healthcare Systems Naples Mr. Mike Ferguson Project Manager Winter Park Construction Maitland Ms. Roberta K. Fernandez President Planet Partnership Tampa Mr. David L. Fowler Environmental Engineer Broward Community College Davie Mr. Timothy Frendo President 3BL, LLC Tampa Ms. Sharon Hanna-West Professor, College of Business Administration University of South Florida Tampa Ms. Kristin Maria Hebert, CGP, LEED AP Consultant Miami Ms. Carol Hinton Associate Director UF - TREEO Gainesville Mr. Jeff Infinger Clearwater Ms. Donna Isaacs LEED Instructor University of Florida Gainesville Mr. Brad James Senior Consultant Trinity Consultants Orlando Mr. Mark Kaplan Vice President Mosaic Tallahassee Ms. Kaye Kendrick Kaye Kendrick Enterprises, LLC Tallahassee Mr. Joe Kilsheimer President Joe Kilsheimer Consulting Inc. Apopka |
Ms. Tara Kulkarni Florida Department of Environmental Protection Tallahassee Leslie Laney Mr. Kha Le-Huu Principal Le-Huu Partners, P.A. Orlando Ms. Rachelle McClure Facilities Planning Florida State University Tallahassee Ms. Bernice McQueen City of Tallahassee Tallahassee Mr. James L. Miles, Sr. Vice President, Performance & Sustainability Sphinx Enterprises, LTD Chicago Ms. Linda L. Nelson Partner Earth STEPS Tallahassee Ms. Carol Newcomb-Jones Director - Environmental Affairs Kitson & Partners Fort Myers Mr. David Norvell Director, Sustainability & Energy Management University of Central Florida Orlando Mr. Daniel Parker Assistant Division Director Florida Department of Health Tallahassee Mr. Alan Peck Facilities Management Florida State University Tallahassee Ms. Marla S. Prince Manager, Southeast Region Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. Ocala Dr. Dawna Lynn Rhoades Associate Dean Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach Ms. Annette M. Roath Consultant St. Petersburg Mr. Mike Rogers Green-Building Group Tallahassee Mr. Stan Rosenthal Extension Agent University of Florida Extension - Leon County Tallahassee Ms. Kim Ross Partner Earth STEPS Tallahassee Ms. Ivette Sanchez Senior Engineer Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) Orlando Ms. Nancy Schneider Project Director EarthPeople Delray Beach Dr. Gerry Segal Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers Mr. William L. Sheftall, Jr. Extension Agent IV - Natural Resources University of Florida Extension - Leon County Tallahassee Ms. Janet C. Simoneaux Environmental Director JM Family Enterprises, Inc. Deerfield Beach Mr. Kevin Songer Corporate Director Sustainability Avid Group Plam Harbor Mr. Chris Spire President MSIA Associates, LLC Hialeah Mrs. Terri Staniec Community Relations Covanta Energy Okahumpka Ms. Elizabeth Swiman Service Learning Coordinator Florida State University Tallahassee Ms. Jennifer Szaro Renewables Lead Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) Orlando Ms. Michelle Tappouni General Manager Breaking Ground Contracting Company Jacksonville Ms. Julie Taury Ms. Koren Taylor Ms. Maggie Theriot Mr. Benjamin Tunnell Shaw Contract Group Dalton, GA Ms. Candie Tupper Director of Administrative Services Castle & Cooke Florida Winter Garden Mr. Michael Van Epps GS Consulting Lake Worth Ms. Heidi Van Korff Naples Mr. Charlie Venuto
Ms. Sandra Whitehead Public Planner Florida Department of Health Tallahassee Dr. Keith Whittingham Associate Professor Rollins College Winter Park Mr. Robert Wigen Policy Administrator City of Tallahassee Tallahassee Ms. Eve Williams Program Architect City of Tallahassee Tallahassee |
SPaRK - Sustainable Florida Associate Training
April 23 - Tallahassee
Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Leon County Office of Sustainability and the City of Tallahassee Office of Environmental Policy & Energy Resources Sustainable Florida is pleased to again host Darcy Hitchcock, with Portland-based Axis Performance Advisors, in offering an exclusive one-day training program that will provide a practical step-by-step process for creating sustainability plans, conducting sustainability assessments and facilitating your sustainability journey. Register today! Pay online with a credit card. Here is the draft Workshop Agenda.
This workshop is for chief executive officers, environmental managers, chief financial officers, consultants, and your "Green Team" leader. Students will learn how to move their organization along the path to sustainability. Participants should have a strong working knowledge of sustainability practices, frameworks and methods.
The one-day course costs $299 per person* which includes a copy of the award-winning practical book, The Business Guide to Sustainability; SPaRK - the Sustainability Planning and Reporting Kit – a set of electronic files to help you develop your own sustainability plan, metrics and report and the training necessary use them. If you want to use SPaRK in your own organization, you can save the cost of an external assessor. If you're a consultant, you will have a new tool to add to your bag of tricks. Lunch and breaks are also included.
The training will take place at the Challenger Learning Center located on Kleman Plaza in downtown Tallahassee. Public parking is avaialble at the Kleman Plaza garage.
Once you complete the SPaRK training program, you will be considered a Sustainable Florida Associate and listed on our website as a resource to others. Click here for current Associates.
REGISTER TODAY - simply download the form and e-mail or fax it in.
Pay online with credit card (this is treated as a donation but is in fact a registration fee payment - if you pay online please submit the registration form - you are not registered until we receive the form).
* 15% Discounts are available for current Sustainable Florida Partners at Manatee Donor levels and above.
Future availability of natural resources and a clean and healthy environment are essential to many businesses. Our ability to address environmental and social issues depends on having a strong and vibrant economy.
We can each make a meaningful contribution toward creating a sustainable Florida. Starting at home, when you travel, go to work, grocery shop and eat out, you can help. Even when you invest and volunteer you are making a difference.
Additionally, many businesses are demonstrating that environmentally-sound business practices makes good economic sense. They are improving product quality and production efficiency, reducing energy needs, and minimizing the costs associated with pollution.
Click here to find out how you can be more sustainable.
Read a good book lately? These help explain the economics of sustainability.
- Green to Gold - Esty and Winston
- The Triple Bottom Line - Savitz and Weber
Community Design
Visions of Smart Growth and Sustainability publication available from Florida Chapter-American Society of Landscape Architects. New tool to assist your community decision-makers in considering future growth. Includes chapters on Open Space, Natural Environment, Civic Space, Market Place, Neighborhoods, Corridors, & Infrastructure.
Several regional and local initiatives committed to helping create a sustainable Florida.
- Florida's Great Northwest
- Heartland Visioning
- Jacksonville Community Council
- Lakeland Vision (Polk County)
- Leon County Growing Green
- City of Miami - Green Commission
- My One Bay
- My Region.org (Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Lake, Volusia & Brevard Counties)
- My Green Tallahassee
- Polk Vision
- Sarasota Green Connection
- South Florida Regional Resource Center (Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties)
- Southeast Florida Regional Equitable Connection
- Southwest Florida Regional Stewardship Alliance
- St. Johns Vision (St. Johns County)
- Sustainable Alachua
- Sustainable Big Bend
- Ourregiontomorrow.org (9-county area around the Capital)
- Sustainable Emerald Coast
- Sustainable Pinellas County (Pinellas County Extension Office)
- Sustainable Sarasota
- Sustainable Treasure Coast (Indian River, Martin & Port St. Lucie Counties)
- Tampa Bay Partnership
- Taylor County - Vision2060
- Tallahassee - Knight Creative Communities Initiative
- Pinellas County - Living Green Expo
- Southern Growth Policies Board (Southeastern US)
- Florida Green Building Coalition
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U.S. Green Building Council
Central Florida Chapter
Gulf Coast Chapter
Check out the new site - Sustainable Tampa Bay
Heart of Florida Chapter (web site up soon)
North Florida Chapter
Northern Gulf Coast Chapter (organizing)
South Florida Chapter
State of Florida - Government Resources
- Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida
- Florida Energy Commission
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Department of Community Affairs
- Department of Environmental Protection
- Clean Marina Program
- Green Lodging Program
- Green Yards Program (auto dismantlers and recycling)
- Learning in Florida's Environment (LIFE)
- Department of Transportation
Florida - Regional Planning Councils
- Apalachee Regional Planning Council
- Central Florida Regional Planning Council
- East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
- Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council
- South Florida Regional Planning Council
- Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council
- Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
- Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
- West Florida Regional Planning Council
- Withlacoochee Regional Planning Council
Florida - Water Management Districts (WMDs)