Community Planning and The Natural Step Framework: New Focus, New Solutions and Now APA CM Credits!
The Natural Step Network USA is now a Certification Maintenance Provider for the American Planners Association.
The Natural Step Network USA is a now a Certification Maintenance Provider for the American Planners Association. In an effort to provide planning professionals with access to the powerful TNS Framework for incorporating sustainability into their work, The Natural Step Network USA will be offering courses aimed at planners, municipal staff and planning commission members. In 2011, these courses will be offered in Oregon, Wisconsin, and on the web.
The upcoming workshop in Portland will be titled: Creating a Sustainable Community Using The Natural Step: A workshop for City and County Planners and will be held on February 17 in Oregon City, Oregon.
The Natural Step Network and their international affiliates have been guiding the process of community transformation toward strategic sustainability for over 20 years. Communities throughout North America are using The Natural Step Framework in their comprehensive planning, zoning code development, TIF requirements and community engagements.
Benefits of using the Framework in the planning process include:
- Grounded in scientific principles
- Provides an operational definition of sustainability
- Offers concrete steps that activate and drive the innovation required for success
- Universal and scalable
- Concepts non-proprietary
- Forms the basis of the APA's Sustainability Policy
More courses for planners can be found at Solutions for Community Planning.