IN YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS

Identify Transportation Companies Airlines Rail companies Barge lines Road system Ferry Other? What works best for you? What are your options?

Identify Recycling Companies What types of materials are you working with?  Metals, e-waste, paper, plastics, lead-acid batteries Where do your transportation carriers go?  Anchorage? Seattle? Is the recycler community-oriented? Alaskans for Litter Prevention And Recycling

Involve Your Community Educate! Raise Awareness! Participation! Planning! Ladies in Wales taping household batteries. Community members in Teller sharing vision drawings.

Identify LOCAL/REGIONAL partners Tribal governments Municipalities (City) Native corporations National Park Service Health corporation College branch Schools Fisheries Other?

Pick up the phone! Send an Ask questions Research online Learn about what systems are in place Tap into Alaska’s tribal environmental family Host a meeting How do you start a relationship with those agencies?

Question: Frank lives in a small village on a big river. They get regular barge service and air cargo once a day. He knows there’s a build up of electronic waste in the community but doesn’t know how to get the e-waste out of town. He asks you how he can save the electronics from being thrown in the landfill. What advice do you give?

HUB village NETWORKING! REGIONAL APPROACH

How can we work together to create a regional program? Encourage your hub community to coordinate Host quarterly teleconferences with all communities invited Take advantage of conferences – meet with each other Share success stories Communicate challenges to see if someone has found a solution Encourage your hub community to apply for EPA Consortia Share, share, share

Information sharing (research, stats, anything!) Resource sharing (share costs for putting on trainings, purchase equipment together, etc.) Strengthens everyone’s program Networking creates opportunity Helps workers to feel supported = happy workers = longevity REGIONAL APPROACH

Keep in contact with village program coordinators Coordinate receiving and shipping of materials (backhaul) Negotiate with transportation & recycling companies Bring in trainers (HAZMAT, Freon removal, water testing…) Help to pass on information between communities Host teleconferences Regional planning (TEP, QAPP, ISWMP, etc.) REGIONAL APPROACH

Question: You live in a rural village and feel you need more support with your program. You’ve heard of other villages around you with similar programs. What are some ways in which you can support each other?

How do you let your community know about your program? Events (Clean Up Day, aluminum can drive) Newsletters Articles in the newspaper Get on the radio Host a potluck Present at school assembly Create flyers or posters Other?

Aluminum cans = $$ Youth group fundraiser! Freezers stacking up Need Freon removal training Airplanes returning empty Reduced backhaul rate! Three villages need barrel crusher Purchase crusher together Connect the Dots (PARTNERSHIP!)

AGREEMENTS MOA Memorandum of Agreement MOU Memorandum of Understanding LOU Letters of Understanding LOS Letters of Support Resolutions

Tribal Environmental Plan (TEP) is developed to identify environmental and public health concerns and set goals and priorities for future years. It may include a vision of your community in 50 years with goals and objectives of how to get there. The TEP will prioritize the development of other plans. TEP Where are you going? Taken from ITEP Fact Sheet TEP

Advisory Committee A working group/committee helps you to: Assess your community situation Identify resources Develop goals and prioritization (strategizing) Create and communicate a plan to further the strategies within the community Make recommendations on resources and materials Engage the community, develop partnerships Aid in the decision making process Share the workload and identify volunteers Evaluate options Taken from Zender Environmental – Community Involvement for ISWMP PPT

Show appreciation! “Those who don’t appreciate, depreciate,” Anahma’s dad.

String Game What elements do we need to have in place in our community to ensure the success of our environmental programs?