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Session - Sustainable Systems Research
Convener: Diana Jerkins, djerkins@csrees.usda.gov
Participants: Mary Beth Sheridan, Sheridan.marybeth@epa.gov
Denise Rayborn, denise_rayborn@nrel.gov
David Blockstein, david@ncseonline.org
Patrick Flynn, Patrick.flynn@nasa.gov
Peter Hawley, phawley@planning.org
Pat Deliman, Patrick.N.Deliman@HQ02.USACE.ARMY.MIL
Bill Richins, wdr@inel.gov
Steve Lynott, steve.lynott@touchstone.com
David Schaller, Schaller.david@epa.gov
Anita Street, street.anita@epa.gov
Ann Clarke, ann.h.clarke@nasa.gov

Headlines:

• Need interagency approach
• Challenges in operationalizing sustainability - need to relate to agency mission and programs
• Need tools and metrics
• Geographic examples
• Workshops to bring together researchers and agency leaders
• EPA in cooperation with Woodrow Wilson Center could be mechanism for workshops.
• Need compatible information systems.

Actions / Next Steps:

• Explore sponsoring a workshop on "The US in 2050" - what do we want it to look like?
• How do we get there.