Creating a Sustainable City
Sacramento's first Sustainability Master Plan: a capital city's plan to move toward sustainability.
- 1stSustainability Master Plan adopted by the City of SacramentoSource: Creating a Sustainable City, the plan itself
The problem
In 2007 sustainability was a sentiment in most city halls, not a program. Sacramento had no master plan for it: no focus areas, no goals a budget could be judged against, no measurable targets.
What was built
As Sacramento's Business and Planning Manager and Sustainability Program Manager, he led the development of Creating a Sustainable City, the city's first Sustainability Master Plan. Its title page states the purpose plainly: a master plan to move the City of Sacramento towards sustainability.
How it was done
Start where you have control: your own operations first.
- Start with operations
Put the city's own house in order before preaching to anyone else's.
- Set focus areas and goals
Name the few things the plan will actually move.
- Measure
Judge targets on fiscal, social, and environmental grounds together.
Documents and artifacts
Credits
- OrganizationCity of Sacramento