Preparing for Pandemic – Family and Neighborhood Readiness Workbook.
It has been three years since we wrote our pandemic planning workbook for families and neighborhoods. Since we are getting so many requests for it, we released an edition with updated information links, 51 answers to common flu pandemic questions, and 14 readiness checklists.
You can download a [...]
Sustainability Basics
First of all, what do we mean by “sustainable”. If something is sustainable, in the context we are discussing here, it is able to be kept in in existence; to be maintained over time. This seems simple enough. However, when we try to explain “sustainability”, there are almost as many definitions of sustainability as [...]
San Diego Regional Vision Project (2005 to date)
Many strategic regional decisions cannot be implemented without a comprehensive multi-generational vision of sustainable success. In 2005 Sterling Insights began unfunded work to influence leaders in the region to commit to a process for engaging all stakeholders in visioning. We designed a top down and bottom up approach [...]
Our work with the City of Carlsbad, CA ran from 2001 through 2005.
Projects for this Southern California coastal city include:
City organization vision development focussing toward more citizen/customer centric government
Supporting the launch and cultivation of the Connecting Community Place & Spirit (CCPS) effort. In 2003, the breakthrough CCPS Learning Conference engaged the public with leading thinkers [...]