Sustainability Metrics Measuring the Transition to a Renewable
Sustainability Metrics Measuring the Transition to a Renewable, Abundant, Just San Diego Region Dan Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™
San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership (SDRSP) http: //sdrsp. wordpress. com/ n n Mission The largest volunteer-based consortium of business, government, academic & community organizations leading & promoting practices that support a sustainable future for the San Diego region. Focus Partnership is a collaborative, bi-national and inter-regional effort to reduce pollution, enact energy savings and improve the quality for current and future generations in the region. Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 2 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Topics n n San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership (SDRSP) SDRSP - Metrics Task Force Process, Steps, Examples Lesson’s Learned – 3 P’s Revisited n n n Sustainability = = Collaboration Renewability Abundance Integration - People - Planet - Profit - both horizontal & vertical, internal and external Barriers to Transformation Discussion Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 3 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Metrics Task Force n Sustainability Metric Levels (holonic) (http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Holon_(philosophy)) Increasing depth and complexity: n Product – Green Product Labeling Facility – Green Building + Resource Throughput Company – All Products & Services Industry/Market – Renewable/Non-renewable n Community – What’s included? n n n Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 4 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Matrix of Sustainability Metric Systems n Review of Systems & Examples n n n n Global Reporting Initiative - www. globalreporting. org Global Environmental Management Initiative – www. GEMI. org ICLIE (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) - www. iclei. org City of Santa Monica, CA, www. smgov. net/departments/ose City of Portland, OR, www. portlandonline. com/osd City of Whistler, BC, Canada, www. whistler 2020. ca View the “Matrix of Sustainability Metrics System”…. Matrixof. Sus. Metric. Systems 061408. xls Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 5 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Metrics Review Number of Sustainability Metrics Reviewed and Selected by the SDRSP-MTF Metrics Elements 2008 4/2009 Metrics (reviewed) 197 65 Core Metrics (decided) aka “Index” Objectives 9 7/2009 10/2009 30 16 9 8 Vision Statements {Show Metrics Worksheet} 6 Weighing, Conceptual Modeling Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 6 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Metrics Task Force – “Next Steps”… from 2009! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Circulate Findings Metrics Accountability Policy Development Metrics Champions MTF Continuing Work Metrics Budget Metrics Use Scope refinement/determination Others doing great work: Equinox Center - Regional Dashboard www. equinoxcenter. org Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 7 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Lesson’s Learned – 3 P’s Revisited n Sustainability = Collaboration – People n Sustainability = Renewability – Planet n Sustainability = Abundance n – Profit Sustainability = Integration – both Internal & External, and Horizontal & Vertical Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 8 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Sustainability = Collaboration All about managing differences! Conflict Contrast Collaboration Forcing SELF ASSERTIVE 100 Collaboration Compromise 0 Avoidance COMPASSIONATE 100 Accommodation 0 Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 9 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Sustainability = Renewability n Linear to Circular Economy n Nested Cycles and Markets n Zero Waste … or darn near! Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 10 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Journey to Sustainability: Development of a Circular Economy Linear Economy* Natural Resources & Resource Industries • Air • Water • Land & Minerals • Energy • Biological Industrial Processes, Distribution & Product Use Waste & Pollution From Eugene Odum, Ecology, 1963 and www. ecocycle. org, 2008 Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 11 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Commodity Price Increases Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 12 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Journey to Sustainability: Development of a Circular Economy Circular, Zero Waste, Economy* Industrial Processes, Distribution & Product Use Natural Resources & Resource Industries • Air • Water • Land & Minerals • Energy • Biological Waste & Pollution Environmental Industry From Eugene Odum, Ecology, 1963 and www. ecocycle. org, 2008 Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 13 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Circular Economy: Biological & Technical Nutrients Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 14 “We Build Healthy Soil”
The Organics Value Cycle Haul, Pre-process: Communicate & Report Process: Generate: • Landscape trimmings • Food/Ag waste • Biosolids • Manure Communicate & Report Gov. Agencies • EPA: air, water, solids • LEA, Planning, CDFA • CEC/PUC, etc. Stakeholders • Env. Eng. & Tech. • Env. Activists Communicate & Report Use: • Landscape • Agriculture • Environmental • Bioenergy Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ • Compost • Chip and Grind • Anaerobic Digestion • Fertilizer • Energy (gas, electric) Market: Communicate (Sell!) & Report 15 • Compost • Fertilizer • Energy “We Build Healthy Soil”
Nested Resource Cycles Commercial Residential Indu stry Tier 3: Between Communities – “Government to Wholesale Markets ” Tier 2: Community, Municipality, Agency – Wholesale - Retail “Markets” Tier 1: Residential, On-site/Facility - “Onsite Market” n n No one niche is “right, ” correct or “the best. ” Sanitation (water & solids) agencies are typically involved in all at the same time. Solids & Water Market Development Strategies and Tactics must work synergistically to build resource value and system efficiency (esp. w/ energy!!). This is still a goal to which all our communities are actively working. Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 16 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Zero Waste Movement* Zero Waste is emerging as a: n n paradigm shift, a new, comprehensive socio-technical system, that addresses our resource use from product design to disposal “Cradle to Cradle” http: //www. mcdonough. com/cradle_to_cradle. htm * From www. ecocycle. org Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 17 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Zero Waste Movement There are four central concepts to the Zero Waste system: 1. Changing the Rules to support resource recovery; 2. Producer Responsibility to hold industry liable for creating less toxic and more efficient products; 3. Purchasing for Zero Waste to use our buying power as our voice for Zero Waste; and 4. Resource Recovery Infrastructure to build the processing and recovery systems to move us toward Zero Waste. Learn more about all these aspects and the Zero Waste System. Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 18 “We Build Healthy Soil”
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Zero Waste, Resource Recovery Centers (Eco. Parks) Seven key Zero Waste Facilities Needed: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Re-Use Facilities – e. g. like thrift stores (www. reusealliance. org) The MRF – “Materials Recovery Facility” (sorting) http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Materials_recovery_facility C&D Facilities – “Construction & Demolition” debris recycling Composting Facility – to recycle “dry” organics Aerobic & Anaerobic Digestion Facilities – to extract energy and/or produce fertilizer products from “wet” organics The CHa. RM – “Center for Hard to Recycle Materials Residue Facility – like the old “landfill” but VERY MUCH smaller Can often be built at active or closed landfills! Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 20 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Urban Ore® To end the Age of Waste Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 21 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Resource Recovery Park, U. K. Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 22 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Know Your Discards Material 1. Reusables 2. Putrescibles 3. Paper 4. Ceramics (C&D) 5. Metals 6. Polymers 7. Soils 8. Glass 9. Textiles 10. Plant Debris 11. Wood 12. Chemicals % in Wastes 6% 21% Value ($/ton) $400 $35 $100 10% 9% 9% 6% 4% 3% 3% 2% 1% $15 $80 $15 $25 $20 $35 $15 $200 Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 23 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Sustainability = Abundance Well Being is about feeling the positive energy! n n Happiness and Joy (Well-Being, Pure-Potential) is a choice (to Be, Allow, Receive), not based on conditions(!) Financial Abundance (wealth, profit) is about “feeling wealthy first” … money, like entropy, is always expanding… money is not limited by physical matter or energy… it’s an exchange of value (good will) which has no limit(!) Relationships (culture, society, people) are about nonseparation… which is always already the case… we are all connected anyway … so receive your friends(!) Resource Abundance (planet) is about living the circle, efficiently not necessarily accumulating stuff. Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 24 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Sustainability = Integration Both horizontal & vertical, Internal (subjective) & External (objective) Ways of viewing reality – perspectives All “true” … but partial! Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 25 Life & Consciousness are evolving, Development recapitulates evolution “We Build Healthy Soil”
Barriers to Transformation They’re in our mind (culture/consciousness) … AND imbedded in past investments (financial)! n Specialized (non-integrated) Professions n n E. g. civil, structural, electrical, chemical “engineers” vs. ecological engineers Air, water or solid specialists, vs. cradle-to-cradle integralists! n Resources Laws Based on Linear vs. Circular Economic Model n Profit-centric (economic) vs. Planet & People-centric view n Trillions of Dollars of “Sunk Investments” n n E. g. Old refineries, manufacturing practices, mines, etc. People DO NOT want to “abandon” those investments! Solutions Include n Building Economies of Scope vs. Economies of Scale n i. e. lot’s of little, distributed, integrated values, vs. a few, large, centralized, specialized values Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 26 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Reference Sites n n n n n Global Reporting Initiative, www. globalreporting. org Global Environmental Management Initiative – www. GEMI. org ICLIE (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) -www. iclei. org International Society of Sustainability Professionals, www. sustainabilityprofessionals. org Grass Roots Recycling Network, www. grrn. org Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, www. livingeconomies. org Green. Source Network www. greensourcenetwork. net San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership www. sdrsp. org US Green Chamber www. usgreenchamber. com Green Chamber of San Diego County www. greenchambersd. com City of Portland, Office of Sustainable Development, http: //www. portlandonline. com/bps/index. cfm Sustainable Business. com www. sustainablebusiness. com Sustainable Industries, www. sustainableindustries. com Corporate. Responsibility. net www. corporateresponsibility. net Environmental Business Journal, www. ebiusa. com Terry Tamminen, “Lives per Gallon: The True Cost of our Oil Addition” www. terrytamminen. com Paul Hawken, “The Ecology of Commerce” www. paulhawken. com Natural Capital Institute, www. naturalcapital. org Ecocycle, Inc. , www. ecocycle. org Ecological Engineering Group, www. ecological-engineering. com Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ 27 “We Build Healthy Soil”
Questions? Comments? Discussion… Dan Noble Resources Group™ “Sustainable Market Development”™ (619) 992 -8389 danwyldernoble@gmail. com 28 “We Build Healthy Soil”
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