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On September 28, 2004, the Federal Sustainability Summit occured on the campus of George Washington University in Washington DC. The Summit was convened jointly by the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (Council on Environmental Quality), the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development, and the Int'l. Centre for Leadership Results, in collaboration with Gettysburg College. More than 75 federal agency leaders in sustainability, and a dozen "resource" leaders from academia, science, faith, and NGO communities participated in a day-long, "shared visioning" session. The focus of the day was " Sustainable Environmental Stewardship of Resources Across Government". "Open Space Technology", a dynamic and inclusive large-group methodology that maximizes the creativity, energy and focus of a group was utilized. Participants designed sixteen one-hour sessions focused on issues, indicators, pilots, programs, and imperatives for federal government - and moved forward into action as a community. Session results, headlines, next steps, and actions are included in this site. Also included are messages from the organizers, contact data for participants, links, discussion groups, and feedback information.

Resources: Organizers - Messages from all three main Summit Organizers Documents - Location for all Session data in Word Document and HTML formats Participants - List of all participants, including name, organization, and contact information for further networking Forums - Interactive service for continued dialogue and collaboration. Note: You must log in to use the message boards. Web Links - Central location for any web resources that participants want to share Session Notes and Recommendations: (click below) 1. Science & Technology for Sustainability - Green Chem. & Eng. 2. Education, Fed. Coordination, U.S. Partnership for the Decade 3. Funding Environmental / Healthy Research 4. Defining Sustainability for the Feds / Cost Issues 5. What Needs to Happen to Accelerate Sustainable Energy/S&D 6. What Federal Programs Act as Barriers to Sustainability 7. Higher Education and Sustainability 8. Training / Leadership for Federal Employees 9. Landcare Partnership (Community Action & Global Alliance) 10. Encouraging the Technical Cycle thru Federal Purchasing 11. Walking the Talk / Baby Steps v. Real Progress 12. Implementing Sustainable Principals in Workplace Interiors 13. Green Infrastructure / How to Encourage Change at Facilities? 14. Scenario Thinking and the Uncertain Future & Sustainability 15. Metrics to Prioritize & Measure Results 16. Sustainable Systems Research Thank You to our Organizers: Ed Pinero, Acting Federal Environmental Executive, White House Task Force, Council on Environmental Quality Dr. Alan Hecht, Director for Sustainable Development, US EPA, Office of Research and Development Steve Cochran, Executive Director, Int'l Centre for Leadership Results, in collaboration with Gettysburg College

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