Urban Greening Economics & Partnerships
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1 Urban Greening Economics & Partnerships Business & Sustainable Cities Kathleen WOLF, Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle U.S. July 5, 2008
2 Outline of Talk Introduction to Seattle Urban Greening Economics City Sustainability & Business Products Buildings & Facilities Community Strategies Donations Partnerships
3 United States Map U.S. Washington State
4 Seattle sea to mountain
5 Home to..... University of Washington Ichiro coffee-starbucks Microsoft Amazon University of Washington
6 Home to..... Microsoft Ichiro coffee-starbucks Microsoft Amazon University of Washington
7 Home to..... Boeing Co.
8 Home to..... Starbucks Ichiro coffee-starbucks Microsoft Amazon University of Washington
9 Home to..... Amazon.com Ichiro coffee-starbucks Microsoft Amazon University of Washington
10 Home to..... Ichiro - thanks! source: Associated Press
11 Outline of Talk Introduction to Seattle Urban Greening Economics City Sustainability & Business Products Buildings & Facilities Community Strategies Donations Partnerships
12 Urban Ecosystem Analysis about 50 cities 1999 Seattle
13 CITYgreen software Seattle 1999
14 Seattle Region UEA - Major Findings 1972 to 1996, areas of heavy tree canopy cover declined by 37% lost trees remove air pollutants & particulates - $95 million per year 29% increase of stormwater flow during peak storms, $2.4 billion engineering replacement costs
15 Urban Forest Benefits analysis software - economics
16 CITYgreen software Washington DC
17 Washington DC Region Forest Analysis - Major Findings increased stormwater flow during peak storms = $4.74 billion costs (per 30-year construction cycle)
18 Washington D.C. analysis.. tree loss.. NGO donation - $50 million U.S. Betty C. Casey
19 Urban Greening Benefits city trees = public good scientific studies of benefits valuation of benefits (air, water, health) Questions or Comments?
20 Outline of Talk Introduction to Seattle Urban Greening Economics City Sustainability & Business business investment in green cities and better communities
21 Outline of Talk Introduction to Seattle Urban Greening Economics City Sustainability & Business Products Buildings & Facilities Community Strategies Donations Partnerships
22 Sustainability & Products life cycle analysis ecological accounting making more with less! Concepts & Examples
23 Concept: Life Cycle Analysis (all products & materials) ecological accounting = sustainable alternatives
24 Concept: Life Cycle Analysis (all products & materials)
25 Concept: Life Cycle Analysis milk! ecological accounting = sustainable alternatives
26 Apparel NIKE trash talk shoe February 2008 upper - leather scraps mid-sole - scrap ground foam outsole - environmentallypreferred rubber ecological accounting = sustainable alternatives
27 Product Life Cycle Analysis (all products & materials)
28 Concept: Life Cycle Analysis (all products & materials) ecological accounting = sustainable alternatives reduce embedded energy
29 Concept: Life Cycle Analysis (all products & materials) carbon (Nissan) life cycle of tire
30 Outline of Talk Introduction to Seattle Urban Greening Economics City Sustainability & Business Products Buildings & Facilities Community Strategies Donations Partnerships
31 Sustainable Buildings sustainability certification USGBC - NGO - U.S. national architecture focus
32 LEED Green Building Rating Systems USGBC Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design using tools and performance criteria building and development checklist started in U.S., now 41 countries
33 LEED Performance Checklist sustainable site development water savings energy efficiency and atmosphere materials selection indoor environmental quality
34 LEED Rating based on Performance Checklist Certified Silver Gold Platinum
35 Bronx Library (New York City) New Construction Certification score: 34 LEED rating: Silver
36 City of Bainbridge Island, City Hall LEED rating: Certified
37 City of Bainbridge Island, City Hall LEED rating: Certified
38 Islandwood (environmental ed center) LEED rating: Gold
39 Seattle Public Library LEED rating: Silver
40 Seattle Public Library LEED rating: Silver
41 Seattle Public Library LEED rating: Silver
42 LEED Certification Summary Performance Criteria = score Rating Levels: Silver, Gold, Platinum Incentive not regulation widely used - public & private sector
43 CASBEE Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency Japan Sustainable Building Consortium performance score based on building design additional information?
44 Sustainability in Business goods, products and services life cycle analysis & ecological accounting facilities and buildings LEED/CASBEE Questions or Comments?
45 Outline of Talk Introduction to Seattle Urban Greening Economics City Sustainability & Business Products Buildings & Facilities Community Strategies Donations Partnerships
46 Community & Neighborhoods Social Sustainability urban greening movement! parks, gardens, urban forest, open spaces public goods citizen and volunteer work private investment & support
47 people help plant & steward
48 citizen stewards volunteers NGOs (EarthCorps)
49 Private Investment Urban Greening NGOs examples from the U.S. partnerships community sustainability Business or Foundation model 2: partnership resources to major NGO, distribution to local or regional NGOs model 1: donations to local or regional NGOs
50 Model 1: Examples Business or Foundation model 2: partnership resources to major NGO, distribution to local or regional NGOs model 1: donations to local or regional NGOs
51 Model 1: Direct Donations Boeing Company & Cascade Land Conservancy Cascade Agenda - start May year visioning & action for Seattle area conserve 526,000 hectares forests & farms smart urban growth & development $750,000 U.S. donated 2008
52 Boeing & Environment
53 Cascade Land Conservancy
54 Model 1: Direct Donations Toyota America & TreePeople (Los Angeles) MillionTreesNYC (New York)
55 Model 1: Direct Donations TreePeople urban forestry - urban water management Toyota - $10,000 U.S. project grant
56 Model 1: Direct Donations MillionTreesNYC urban forestry, parks, open spaces Toyota - $ U.S. project grant
57 Model 2: Examples Business or Foundation model 2: partnership resources to major NGO, distribution to local or regional NGOs model 1: donations to local or regional NGOs
58 Model 2: Partnerships IKEA & American Forests/Global Releaf IKEA awards funds to American Forests AmFor distributes funds for releaf projects in U.S.
59 Model 2: Partnerships IKEA IKEA awards funds to American Forests AmFor distributes funds for releaf projects in U.S. and world $?? U.S.
60 Model 2: Partnerships American Forests/Global Releaf
61 Model 2: Partnerships Home Depot Foundation & Alliance for Community Trees HDF provides resources to ACT ( ,000 community trees) ACT distributes to national network of 167 member organizations (7.8 million trees; 450,000 volunteers)
62 Model 2: Partnerships Home Depot Foundation HDF awards to ACT - trees, capacity building, organizational strength
63 Model 2: Partnerships Alliance for Community Trees
64 Model 2: Partnerships ACT - NeighborWoods
65 Model 2: distributed assets Global Releaf Green Cities Institute Community Trees Awards NeighborWoods feedback: community need strategic giving Business or Foundation resources to major NGO: funds, staff, organizational assist
66 Model 2 Partnerships: Advantages Business protects investment Build capacity of NGO (e.g. executive loan) NGO can leverage for other resources Significant, visible projects promote more urban greening Visible results are good green marketing for business partner
67 Outline of Talk Urban Greening Economics City Sustainability & Business Products Buildings & Facilities Community Strategies Donations Partnerships - investment and commitment - leverage volunteer work!
68
69 Sustainability & Business goal! community sustainability business relationships with NGOs donations or partnership? Japan examples? Questions or Comments?
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