Clean Air Council Sustainability Training Declaration Sustainability provides a framework for helping to identify the inter-connections between environmental, social and economic impacts and goals and how meeting our present needs can be better balanced with ensuring the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

CAC Sustainability Training Survey CAC members provided feedback to the sustainability training priorities in December 2013 and January 2014 and these results will guide the collective development of municipal sustainability training programs and the compilation and development of capacity building activities and resources.

To build awareness and understanding of sustainability and why it is important To build awareness of how sustainability relates to municipal planning and service delivery To build awareness of how and why a municipality should take a leadership role on progress towards sustainability To help build the ability of participants to identify how they can integrate sustainability into their responsibilities and decision making To help increase the ability of participants to train others to increase awareness of how and why we should be furthering sustainability To build awareness and understanding of why and how to incorporate sustainability into the financial review process. How would you rank the following goals of a Sustainability Training Program? (With 1 being the highest priority and 6 being the lowest priority) 1/122 2/111 3/101 4/100 5/96 6/78 Priority/total score

What are the other goals/outcomes you have for sustainability training? Find a way to make it on-going with regular updates and reminders when needed Developing indicators/measuring success Integrate sustainability into the core culture of the organization. The "how" component is a vital component of beneficial Sustainability Training. Sustainability needs to be taken from a discussion, to action. Connecting the dots between environmental sustainability, human health and financial sustainability Sustainability measurement tools (GRI)... how departments can incorporate sustainability measurement tools into their work. Help gather data to report on sustainability To develop staff champions who are willing and able to integrate sustainability into their everyday decisions

Rank for target audiences for a Municipal Sustainable Training program? RankingAudienceTotal 1Senior Management/Department Heads291 2Finance288 3Planning Staff285 4Operation/Facilities Staff283 5Public Works282 6Political Representatives277 7Transportation271 8Purchasing/Purchasers270 9Economic Development255 10Parks & Recreation234

Other target audiences you think are important and other comments Training for community members is significantly different than internal staff. I am not confident that the same training program could be used for both these target audiences. Corporate Communications Staff It is important for all staff to have this training in order for the City to work together and achieve our sustainability goals. It has to be ingrained into everyone and be a part of all work plans. Politicians, senior management and (depending on corporate structure) finance, have to be on side and buy-in to the training and its value for it to be effective throughout the organization.

Please rank how you would prioritize the development of the below possible activities/resources. Rankin gAnswer Total Score 1Sustainability Training Case Studies182 2 Training for How to Include Sustainability into Council Reports178 3 Training for How to Include Sustainability into Budgeting Process175 4One-Stop Sustainability Training Clearinghouse174 5Sustainability Power Point Presentations158 6Sustainability Training Community of Practice158 7 Training for How to Include Sustainability into Job Descriptions/Performance Evaluations151 8Sustainability Videos146 9Sustainability Activities/Games Evaluating Effectiveness of Sustainability Training Opportunities and Lessons Learned133

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