Sustainable Consumption
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Innovation Lab - Concept Developing and Prototyping: Learning resources to understand the topic.
Innovation Lab - Refinement: Tools and guides to inform developing programs.
Adoption Accelerator - Standards Emerging and Scaling: Implementation examples to show how it is being done.
Innovation Lab - Concept Developing and Prototyping: Learning resources to understand the topic.
Growing the Circular Economy through Community Trust Building in Ann Arbor, MI: This project built community trust and informed Ann Arbor’s Circular Economy strategy in a way that is visible, appealing, and accessible to Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County residents of all income levels, and that engages the expertise of Ann Arbor’s BIPOC and frontline residents in developing Circular Economy goals. (USDN Emergent Learning Fund, 2023).
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Consumption-based GHG Emissions Policy Framework for Cities: A project to develop an initial methodology for cities to use as they address consumption-based emissions in planning and practice. (CNCA Game Changer Fund, 2023).
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EcoCity Footprint Tool: This pilot project enabled USDN members and partners to to further refine and pilot the ecoCity Footprint Tool to test its potential for broader use by USDN members. This tool was created to meet city GHG reporting needs and advance the emerging practice of consumption-based emissions inventories. (USDN Innovation Fund, 2018)
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Eugene Memo: The Role of Cities in Advancing Sustainable Consumption: Participants in the 2014 USDN Innovation Fund Breakthrough Convening prepared a short and compelling statement that captures the essential aspects of sustainable consumption and how cities can take action to support it. (USDN Innovation Fund, 2015).
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Sustainable Consumption Breakthrough Convening: A convening of municipal sustainability staff, international researchers, policy experts, and NGO representatives to advance the topic of sustainable consumption from the conceptual phase toward actionable programs and policies within a municipal government context. The outcomes of this convening are heavily informing the ongoing work with sustainable consumption. (USDN Innovation Fund, 2015).
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Understanding Sustainable Consumption: A project to define sustainable consumption, develop metrics, and assess the degree to which sustainable consumption activities contribute to goals of economic prosperity, social equity and environmental health. (USDN Innovation Fund, 2015).
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Innovation Lab - Refinement: Tools and guides to inform developing programs.
USDN Sustainable Consumption Toolkit: A comprehensive suite of resources to educate and activate local governments, including (1) the fundamentals of the concept of sustainable consumption and its relation to other sustainability efforts, (2) a database of local initiatives illustrating potential actions in land use/housing, procurement, climate action planning, economic development and other key policy sectors, (3) compelling stories to ground users in the tangible, concrete actions cities are already implementing, and (4) a portal to a wide variety of other useful resources. (USDN Innovation Fund, 2016).
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Adoption Accelerator - Standards Emerging and Scaling: Implementation examples to show how it is being done.
Upcycle Design Project in Vancouver BC: A project to catalyze the shift to integrated materials recovery and reuse, and green economy jobs in Vancouver’s design, construction, and demolition sectors. (Partners for Places, 2015).
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