1. Community What is together as one [the body politic] The sense of being bound, obligated or indebted together [the social contract] Communities of interestCommunities of place The idea of community

2. Sustainability Governance and citizenship Social well-being Ecological integrity Economic security Communities of place and communities of interest Sustainability and community

3. Physical buildings & infrastructure communications energy systems transportation Financial savings credit pensions and remittances welfare payments grants and subsidies Human health, skills and nutrition education and knowledge access to services Social capital relations of trust and reciprocity common rules and norms networks and groups Natural natural resources- food,water, wood/fibre ecosystems services-soil, fisheries, water, biological processes, wildlife habitat, waste assimilation beauty of nature- recreation/leisure, aesthetic value Capital Assets

4. Sustainability Empowerment and responsibility Social well-being Ecological integrity Economic security Communities of place and communities of interest Natural, human, social, physical, financial, organizational assets Integrated model for sustainable communities

5. Government and Governance  Government - formal institutions of public discussion, planning, decision-making and administration  Governance - the set of formal and informal institutions within and beyond government, providing the conditions for ordered rule and collective action

6. Active Citizenship  Active v. passive citizenship  Active citizenship as public work  Civic capacity or agency political structures political activities

7. Participation  Participation and sustainability  Effective participation Perceptions of participation Means of participation  Instrumental v. intrinsic participation

8. Political Effectiveness by Participation Type

9. Leadership - Political champions  Advocacy within council Operational clout  Public promotion Building ecological and civic literacy skills  Inclusive communication & participation Intra-generational equity Democratic processes – geopolitics of place

10. Professional champions Commitment to sustainability:  drives internal cultural & organizational change  fosters the drivers of sustainability planning: cross-departmental officer co-ordination internal training and awareness raising an internal environmental management system integration of sustainability into strategies, policies and activities

11. Governance: social capital  A variety of practices, attitudes and knowledge that enables cooperation for common purposes  Trust and public- spiritedness  Reciprocity and cooperation  Connectedness and networks

12. Trust, reciprocity, cooperation  Social trust social learning, accountability  Political trust implementation of programs  Institutional trust workability  The exchange of information, good will, resources, goods and services in the expectation that generalised trust and networks will pay dividends in return

13. Connectedness and Networks  Connectedness  Importance of networks: fostering social capital, trust, cooperation, efficiencies pulling down resources, information gathering & sharing building capacity building support environment strategic focus attitudinal & behavioural change recruitment & organizational change

14. Drivers of sustainability  Sustainability training  Leading by example  Corporate sustainability policy Policy assessment for sustainability implications  Evaluation and monitoring: indicators  Targets and goals  Rules, standing orders, financial regulations  Management structures