presents

Sarasota – FloridaUSA

Human Centered Design

Service Innovation and Decision Design

Generational Design

Social Entrepreneurship and the New Philanthropy

Technology, Entertainment and Health

It’s hard to create a space that will not attract people, what is remarkable, is how often this has been accomplished. ─William H. Whyte

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Moving Toward SustainablilityDesigning the Future

Designing for LifeSarasota International Design Summit

November 2007

Remembering Florida

• 1970 – 2000

– Population – 7 million to 16.5 million

– Land use – 5 million agricultural acres lost

– Transportation – miles traveled nearly tripled

– Labor – tripled from 2.6 mil to 7.9 mil

Source: Urban Land Institute

Florida Tomorrow

• 2000 – 2030– Population – 40% increase – 8 million more– Land use – 2.6 mil acres agriculture to urban– Transportation – miles will double

– Most of the built environment that will exist in 2030 has yet to be constructed.

Source: Urban Land Institute

CAN FLORIDA ACCOMMODATE 36 MILLION??

Challenge

1. How to prepare for growth and maintain a sense of community – a sense of place?

2. How to ensure that we are sustainable – that future generations can enjoy a high quality of life, economic opportunities and healthy natural resources?

Alternative 2010

Phase I: Phase I: 20002000Trend Alternative

Phase I: Phase I: 20102010Trend Alternative

Phase II: Phase II: 20202020Trend Alternative

Phase III: Phase III: 20302030Trend Alternative

Phase IV: Phase IV: 20402040Trend Alternative

Phase V: Phase V: 20502050Trend Alternative

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Sustainability

• Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

• Balancing environmental quality with economic growth.

• Using, developing and protecting resources so as not to compromise the future.

Process

• An attempt to provide the best outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future.

• It relates to the continuity of economic, social, institutional and environmental aspects of human society, as well as the non-human environment.

Sustainable Community

From generation to generation it has…

• Healthy and diverse ecological system

• Social foundation providing for– Health– Cultural diversity– Equitable

• Prosperous economy for long-term (within social and ecological limits)

Sustainable Community

• Safe• Healthy• Livable• Inclusive• Participatory• Environmentally

sound• Prosperous

• Green• Walkable• Cultural• Vibrant• Opportunity• Choices

A place where you and your children want to liveA place where you and your children want to live

Where Do We Focus?

• Energy

• Water

• Waste

• Land Use and Green Building

• Purchasing

• Affordable housing

• Historic/Cultural Preservation

Strategic Habitat Strategic Habitat Conservation Conservation

AreasAreas

FNAI Habitat FNAI Habitat Conservation Conservation

PrioritiesPriorities

Ecological Ecological GreenwaysGreenways

Under-Under-represented represented

Natural Natural CommunitiesCommunities

Landscape-sized Landscape-sized Protection AreasProtection Areas

Natural Natural FloodplainFloodplain

Aquifer RechargeAquifer Recharge Trails NetworkTrails Network Sustainable Sustainable ForestryForestry

Surface Water Surface Water ProtectionProtection

Fragile Coastal Fragile Coastal ResourcesResources

Functional Functional WetlandsWetlands

Green Building2006 Best Practices Awards

• No development on 2 – 500-acre natural lakes• 11,000 acres – 70% as open space• Energy Star Homes• Harmony Institute

Green Building2007 Best Practices Awards

Business PartnershipBest Practice Award Winner

H ow Shall W e G row ?

Create Town CentersPreserve Green Areas Develop Transit Corridors

How Do We Design the Future?

• We are linked and must work together• Region - An area of distinct communities,

cities and counties where residents share:– Geographic identity– Social, economic and cultural interdependence– Capacity for planning and function– Capacity to create competitive advantage

• Create a regional vision for how to grow

www.SustainableFlorida.org

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