Vision MissionGoals Purpose, Direction

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Lessons from the Field Fostering a Sustainability
Culture michael mucha, p.e. director of public
works
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About Olympia
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And then it all startedFeb 5th, 1991
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Downtown
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Rising Waters Time to sink or swim
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Fiddlehead Marina
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17 Foot Tide - Fiddlehead Marina
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Percival Landing
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17 Foot Tide - Percival Landing
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McAllister Springs
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Leveling Out the Funnel
Resources
Mimic Nature
Trust
Resilience
Caring Capacity
Healthy Communities
Closing Margin for Actions
Restorative Actions
Less Waste
Less Pollution
Population Consumption
Less Consumption
Source The Natural Step for Communities, James
and Lahti
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Olys Path Toward Cultural Change
THE STATUS QUO
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Its About People
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Its more than green...it is a way of being
Sustainability is everyones job!
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Masters of Change
Leadership motivates!
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Fear Paralyzes
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Building a Livable Community
Value of Place Mobilizes
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Depressing
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inspiring
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Depressing
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Inspiring
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Synergy and Meaning A Renewed Focus

• Our Vision Balance and Harmony between people
  and nature.
• Our Role in the World Cultivating relationships
  and facilitating change.

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How Public Works Saw Itself
Reference D. Michael Mucha
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How Humanity Experiences Public Works
Reference D. Michael Mucha
Reference D. Michael Mucha
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Whole System Thinking

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Lead by Example
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Entry Points
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Live Your Values
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Keeping Sustainability Present
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PeopleThe Unlimited Resource

• Hire for attitude, train for skill
• Purpose centered leaders
• Opportunistic
• Proficient explorers

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Students Toward Achieving Realistic
Sustainability
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How does this decision impact environmental
health?
NATURAL
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How does this decision directly impact the
well-being of citizens and employees?
INDIVIDUAL
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COMMUNITY
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• How does this decision impact the local economy
  and what are its costs, both now and over the
  long-term?

ECONOMY
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Sustainable Action Map (SAM)
GOAL To optimize, not compromise.
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SAM at Work
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Community
Family
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Drinking Water Conservation
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Making doing the right thing cool
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One Drop of Water goes a long way
Our customers used 10 million gallons of
reclaimed water in 2007!
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Setting Goals
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Creating Structure
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Tire Pressure Program
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Downsize the Fleet
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Wireless Vehicle Monitoring System
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Anti-Idling Program
7.3 Hours of Operation
Idle vs. Drive Time
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Think Outside the Garbage Can
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Leading our community toward a waste free future
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1 lb. of paper recycled
-4.7 lbs. of CO2

1 lb. of paper not produced

-8.2 lbs. of CO2
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10,000 fewer tons of waste results in
32,000 fewer tons of CO2, or
6,300 cars off the road for one year, or
3.3 million gallons of gasoline saved.
Per U.S. Climate Technology Corporation ,
Greenhouse Gas Equivalency Calculator
www.usctcgateway.gov/tool
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Climate Change Olympias Call to Action

Date October 2, 2007, 700 P.M. Location
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Guest Speakers
SUSTAINABILITY INTO ACTION
Terry Tempest Williams, Author, Naturalist, and
Environmental Activist
Andy Revkin, Journalist, The New York Times

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Group Activity

Community Livability

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Sustainable Action Map (SAM)
GOAL To optimize, not compromise.
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We Dont Build Roads
Our Next Generation
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Putting Sustainability Into Action
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Community Planning and Development
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Sustainability and The Fire Department
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Success!

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Roundabouts
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Perfect Towns Quality-of-Life Defined

Creating exquisite livability by softening the
edges of the high octane day-to-day. Outside
Magazine, August 2005

• Life beyond the car
• Natural assets to swarm around
• Paths and piers that welcome
• Heritage of open-mindedness and fresh ideas
• Downtown charm and art culture
• Sizzling economy
• Green thinking...trees, open space, the
  environment
• Givens safety, security, basic needs

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More Than GreenIt is a Way of Being

Olympias practice of sustainability
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Strive to live within our ecological limits

• Sources Green Urbanism Learning from European
  Cities, Timothy Beatley, pgs 6-8
• Shared Space The Communities Agenda,
  Sherri Torjmann

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Toward Olympias Waste Free Future Increase
Recycling Rate from 51 to 65
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Plan Target 1
5 Per-capita Waste Reduction
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Incentives
Try to make this
develop like this and
function like this.
Natural Drainage Systems Integration into
Sidewalk and Street System
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