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... TR N EW S 28 8 SE PT EM BE R– O CT O BE R 20 13 28 The author is Senior Environmental Scientist, Environmental Policy and Planning Practice Lead, Felsburg Holt & Ullevig, Centennial, Colorado. Conversations between agencies about sus-tainability can be riddled with mismatchedterminology that does not translate.
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... TR N EW S 288 SEPTEM BER–O CTO BER 2013 29 Centralized Resource The workshop series culminated with the decision to develop a centralized resource for TSSC participants to use in maintaining progress toward sustainability. The centralized resource would provide the following: u Tools, static and active, such as the eight tools developed in the workshops; u Experts forum, to share files on sustainability and to receive input from other agency sustainability experts; u Sustainability announcements, posting events, seminars, and workshops related to sustainability; u Research and development, to keep agencies up-to-date on ongoing research and on initiatives within other agencies, to reduce redundant efforts; u Peer agency contacts, an address book of sustainability contact staff; u Opportunities, a list of projects with opportunities for sustainability efforts; u Project examples, showing how sustainability elements have been implemented and sharing lessons learned from the projects; and u Funding sources, including grant opportunities and other funding for sustainability efforts.

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