Appendix 3 Change Agents Sustainability Training

Townsville City Council
Accelerated Sustainability Planning


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Appendix 3 - Change Agents Sustainability Training

(Assets, Concerns, Values and Visions Linkages)

Townsville City Council Staff - Change Agents Training

08:30am – 12:30pm
Tuesday 18 May, 2004
South Bank Convention Centre
Townsville, Queensland

Attendees:
Gavin Hammond	Environmental Health
Tristram Denyer	Parks Services
Martin Brewster	Parks Services
Greg Bruce	Environmental Management Services
Karyn Buosi	Community Development
Ron Deganhart	Parks Services
Erica Powell	Citiwater
Donald McKenzie	Environmental Management Services
Dway Goon Choo	Citiwater
Nigel Grier	Environmental Management Services
Rachel Allan	Environmental Management Services
Mark Davis	Environmental Management Services
Libby Guest	Environmental Management Services
Petal Burgess	Citiworks
Peter Lindwall	Community Development
Kylie Fulwood	Environmental Health
Noel McIntyre	Human Resources
Alan Harris	Citiwater

‘Sustainability Champions’ enjoy the Change Agents training.

Workshop participants were separated into four groups: Economy, Social, Wellbeing, and Nature. They were invited to consider the Assets, Concerns, Visions and Values for Townsville.

Economy

Economy Assets
Townsville Port Authority
Mineral processing
Tourism GBR
Primary Agriculture / fisheries
Strand
Education R&D
River – urban sprawl
Defense
People

Economy Concerns
Jobs
More business diversity
Great Barrier Reef (GBR)
Building Slump
Water supply
Legislation
International relations
Terrorism
Quarantine
Oil price

Economy Values
Lifestyle – low traffic
Jobs
Stability – security
Economic growth
Education

Economy – Vision
Bio/job security
Value added to existing
Smart state – R&D – business
Knowledge capital (includes JCU - AIMS – CSIRO – CRC)
Venture Capital
Gateway to reef, rainforest, RAMSAR Convention - Wetlands

Society

Society Assets
Diverse Habitats
N – Habitats and Locations
E – Tourism Opportunities
W – Lifestyle and place activities
Services
E – Job security
W – Lifestyle

Society Values
Environment
N – Habitats and Locations
E – Tourism Opportunities
W – Lifestyle and place activities
Lifestyle
N – Diversity
E – Tourism, jobs
W – Health safety

Society Concerns
Social isolation and poverty
N – Imbalance
E – Costs of crime and social welfare
W – Costs of living

Society Vision
Fair Society (equality)
N – Protecting and acknowledging, education
E – Job security
W – Improved life satisfaction

Wellbeing

Wellbeing Assets
Clean air, water, & natural environment
Access to services / facilities in a compact setting
(size of Townsville eg airport, university etc)
Type of people, laidback friendly, helpful
Diversity, natural and social. Diversity of economy and industries

Wellbeing Concerns
Poorly planned development and future growth
Water supply, dry area, growing community
Retirement
Job security
Safety in parks, in own home, security
Education facilities
Cost of living – (economic cost of fuel)

Wellbeing – Values
Safety – terrorism
Culture
Region – what we live in: reef – outback, lifestyle
Climate

Wellbeing – Vision
Improved assets
Future growth
Improved facilities
Sustainable growth
Improved / increased lifestyle satisfaction
Society and people

Nature

Nature Assets
Hilltops
Woodlands
Wetlands
Magnetic Island
Reef
Diverse Habitats
Coastlines
Aesthetic Landscapes
Bird life
Fauna
Flora
Dry Rainforest
Wet Closed Forest
Undisturbed Nature
Connectivity
Clean Air and Water
Tranquility
Land

Nature Concerns
Loss degradation destruction of assets
Lack of community awareness of assets and values
Short sighted development (unsustainable)

Nature Values
Lifestyle (value of assets)
Recreation (Enjoyment of nature)
Intrinsic (beyond human use and appreciation)
Conservation (Biodiversity and ecological integrity)
Genetic Diversity / Integrity
Urban Natural interface

Nature Vision
Sustain our natural assets
Community truly values assets
Community acts to sustain assets
Community is custodian of assets
Enhancement of degraded habitats
Wise use of natural assets

Nature Linkages
Economy - Landscape loss through industrial and urban sprawl
Research, employment, ecotourism, natural resource needs of industrial development
Social - lifestyle value, cultural diversity, cultural changes to protect natural assets, education, recreation, community cohesion, crime (destruction of the environment)
Wellbeing – Lifestyle, clean air/water, Health Recreation

Contents:

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Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. Building the Pyramid – the levels

3. Workshop Results

4. Indicators and Linkages

5. Systems Mapping and Analysis Level

6. Innovations and Strategy

Appendix 1 - Attendees List

Appendix 2 - THYS Sustainability Briefing / Focus Group

Appendix 3 - Change Agents Sustainability Training

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Appendix 4 - Townsville Sustainability Compass Index (Indicators Sheets)

Appendix 5 - Three Power-point presentations:

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