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1 …making sustainability make sense… Creating an Integrated Vision for Transboundary Sustainability Using a Georgia Basin-Puget Sound Simulation Tool GBPS Research Conference April 1, 2003 Dave Biggs & Roger Anderson GBPS QUEST

2 …making sustainability make sense… Department of Fisheries and Oceans Parks Canada Statistics Canada National Research Council Health Canada BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs BC Ministry of Fisheries BC Ministry of Forests BC Geologic Survey The University of British Columbia Open Learning Agency Simon Fraser University The University of Victoria British Columbia Institute of Technology Science World BC Hydro Westcoast Energy The Vancouver Sun The 9 Regional Districts of the Georgia Basin The Islands Trust Fraser Basin Council The David Suzuki Foundation Farm Folk/City Folk Partners FederalProvincialAcademic Private SectorRegionalOther Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative, Environment Canada Georgia Basin Futures Project, SDRI Envision Sustainability Tools Inc. Project Team …building partnerships for sustainability…

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10 …integrating across sectors…

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12 Current Pathway

13 …making sustainability make sense… Sustainability

14 …making sustainability make sense… Current Pathway

15 …making sustainability make sense… Sustainability

16 …making sustainability make sense… Current Pathway

17 …making sustainability make sense… Sustainability

18 …making sustainability make sense… Current Pathway

19 …making sustainability make sense… Sustainability

20 …making sustainability make sense… Current Pathway

21 …making sustainability make sense… Sustainability

22 …making sustainability make sense… Current Pathway

23 …making sustainability make sense… Sustainability

24 …making sustainability make sense… Using QUEST to develop a Strategic Sustainability Plan …building stakeholder support… 1. Create a scenario 2. Evaluate the scenario 3. Discuss strategies for implementing that scenario Improve until satisfied Calculate Scenario Results

25 …making sustainability make sense… QUEST Around the World Lower Fraser Basin, Canada Georgia Basin, Canada Toronto, Canada México City, México Manchester, England Warsaw, Poland Langat Basin, Malaysia Bali, Indonesia Christchurch, New Zealand In Development Completed Bangalore, India Kathmandu, Nepal South East Queensland, Australia Curitiba, Brazil Whistler, Canada Chicago, US                  Central BC Coast, Canada 

26 …making sustainability make sense… QUEST scenarios in the Vancouver Sun (1 million readers) …engaging the public…

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29 Science World Decision Theatre (500,000 visitors/year) …engaging the public… Audience Voting Buttons

30 …making sustainability make sense… Developing a Common Vision for Transboundary Sustainability Regional sustainable development is affected by activities on both sides of the border—especially those with transboundary significance U.S. and Canadian stakeholders share concerns on urbanization, trade and economic development, natural resources management, and other issues Mechanisms to develop transboundary sustainability strategies are needed Rationale/ Need GBPS QUEST

31 …making sustainability make sense… Extend the Georgia Basin QUEST simulation tool to encompass Puget Sound Begin with key areas of concern—possibly the urbanizing areas of King County Build a multi-client, multi- use simulation tool Proposed Concept GBPS QUEST

32 …making sustainability make sense… Priority Task: Conduct a Comprehensive Needs Assessment Leverage existing sustainability programs Example: Pacific NW Regional Collaboratory, NW Regional Sustainability Atlas Proposed Approach GBPS QUEST

33 …making sustainability make sense… PNW Regional Collaboratory—Initial Technical Portfolio

34 …making sustainability make sense… Priority Task: Conduct a Comprehensive Needs Assessment Leverage existing sustainability programs Example: Pacific NW Regional Collaboratory, NW Regional Sustainability Atlas Address regional policy and agency/program management audiences as a first priority Form an informal advisory group? Proposed Approach GBPS QUEST

35 …making sustainability make sense… Questionnaire How does the sustainability of the Georgia Basin-Puget Sound region affect your organization’s activities or decisions? What types of information do you use in these activities or decisions? What types of additional information—not presently available—would be most helpful to you? What are your principal concerns regarding the future sustainability of the Georgia Basin-Puget Sound region? GBPS QUEST

36 …making sustainability make sense… Your comments, ideas and participation are welcome… Dave Biggs Envision Sustainability Tools, Inc. Vancouver, Canada daveb@envisiontools.com (604) 225-2010 Roger Anderson Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Seattle, WA andersrg@battelle.org (206) 528-3300 1.Please complete a questionnaire 2.Please contact: GBPS QUEST Create your own QUEST scenario at 3:30-5:00 in the Coquitlam Room

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