Session 8: Steps to Change and Process Leader

Reading: Please read chapters 17 & 18 of "The Natural Step for Communities" before meeting with your study circle for Session 8.

Questions: Please consider the following questions while reading the relevant chapters of the book, and use them to guide discussion during your study circle.

1. Do you think it is necessary for there to be a process leader for a sustainable community initiative? How else might it be accomplished?
2. Do you think the eco-municipality approach can work successfully in your community or region? What are its advantages? What are the challenges? How might these challenges be surmounted?
3. How integrated are the four systems conditions in your thinking now?
4. This being the last session, did we meet our original objectives? Review introduction page.
5. How relevant is a global perspective to our own decision making and planning?

Study Guide Chapters

• Overview: Guideines, Facilitators, Openings and Circle Questions
• Session 1: Introducing the Natural Step Framework and Sustainability (Chapters 1, 2 & 3)
• Session 2: Changing to Renewable Energy Resources and Alternative Transportation (Chapters 5 & 6)
• Session 3: Eco-Housing and Green Building/Business (Chapters 7 & 8)
• Session 4: Eco-Economic Development and Ecological Schools/Education (Chapters 9 & 10)
• Session 5: Sustainable Agriculture and Dealing with Waste (Chapters 11 & 12)
• Session 6: Protecting Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use and Planning (Chapters 13 & 14)
• Session 7: What Gets in the Way of Change and Three Change Processes That Work (Chapters 15 & 16)
• Session 8: Steps to Change and Process Leader (Chapters 17 & 18)