1995/1996 Annual Review
and Strategic Direction
Adopted September 8, 1995
Mission:
The mission of TCSF is to provide information, support, resources, education and
training as part of creating a sustainable future in the Tahoe Truckee Region and
other areas. Each goal is designed to promote the mission of TCSF.
Goal 1: Establish a library resource of information relevant to sustainability (i.e. environment, economy and human well being) for the Region to learn from previous decisions, develop better current decision making and promote sustainability for the Region in the future.
1995/96 Action Plan:
- Review information catalogued at TRPA by Americorps worker
- Train TRPA staff in use of Sierra Nevada Catalog database software
- Establish standardized collection effort
- Continue cataloguing of information with California Tahoe Conservancy and others
- Establish format for posting information such as quarterly economic data on TTCN
- Post accumulated information such as Carl Ribaudo's economic data on TTCN
- Identify a permanent site
Goal 2: Become a fully functioning operating node of the California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES), electronically providing relevant information about the Region to, and accessing comparable useful information from, the Internet.
1995/96 Action Plan:
- Develop a long-term program for building information and technology capacity and
implementing systemic change in the Tahoe Region
- Define a CERES program for the Region with CTC and others
- Pursue becoming a pilot application center with the Resources Agency CERES program
- Identify funding sources for CERES participation (NTIA grant submitted, others)
Goal 3: Access substantial resources in technology, information, funding, innovation, strategic alliances, skills and people which enable the Region to move towards sustainability.
1995/96 Action Plan:
- Pursue program with Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) and World Resources Institute (WRI) for establishing a digital land analysis system for the Region
- Cosponsor day-long effort with TTREC using a skilled facilitator to assist in the
creation of Regional Indicators
Goal 4: Establish and conduct programs which promote an understanding of sustainability in the Region and generally accepted criteria for a sustainable future. Begin with an annual program for teachers in the Region and extend the program to international environmental managers by the year 2000.
1995/96 Action Plan:
- Conduct a pilot program for teachers, businesses and government agencies in the
fall 1995 with cosponsors Sierra Nevada College, U.C. Davis and TTREC.
- Research the efforts of others in similar program development to build strategic
alliances
Goal 5: Position the Tahoe Region as progressive and capable of offering resources to others who are seeking sustainability in their regions.
1995/96 Action Plan:
- Participate in functions of organizations such as the United Nations UN50 Program
in San Francisco, World Future Society, International Network of Green Planners,
Working Group of ISD/WRI Sustainable Indicators Project and President's Council
on Sustainable Development.
Goal 6: Participate in a Western Center for the Capacity for Change with the Center for Communities of the Future (COTF). Participate in establishing a location in the Region in partnership with another institution (such as Sierra Nevada College) or
in another northern California region such as Silicon Valley (in a strategic alliance with an institution there).
1995/96 Action Plan:
- Develop concept and presentation with COTF
- Identify and select site for Western Center
Goal 7: Become part of a global network of individuals and organizations which are on the leading edge of promoting a sustainable future.
1995/96 Action Plan:
- Continue contacts with database of 200 people/organizations to share ideas and progress
- Establish and maintain Home Page on the Internet
Goal 8: Develop regionwide participation in TCSF programs
1995/96 Action Plan:
- Cosponsor with TTREC and others the Community Reinvestment Workshop
- Cosponsor with TTREC appropriate community workshops to involve more participants in creating a sustainable future
- Develop outreach program which includes a quarterly newsletter
- Expand Board of Directors, especially in the business sector
- Build on the Strategic Plan Outline dated March 1, 1995
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