Sustainability Indicator Research for Sustainable Seattle, WA, 2008. Research and update "Communities Count" indicators under the Natural and Built Environment section. These indicators included Air Quality, Water Quality, Land Cover, Farmland Treated with Chemicals, and Commute Choices. Updating of indicators is the same as in the 2005 report and/or are among "B-Sustainable" sets of indicators. For each indicator, the indicator template in Sustainable Seattle database was updated, new public information graph(s) were prepared, a short introduction and a set of narrative bullets for the new report were developed, and the Data Source, Definition, and Limitations of each indicator was clearly identified.

Sustainability Education Curriculum Design and Teaching, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Bainbridge Island, WA (Fall 2007). Taught a graduate course on “The Introduction to Sustainability in Business” and designed the curriculum for and taught a graduate course on “Sustainable Community Economic Development: Design, Tools, & Practice.”

Strategic Planning for the Town of Dauphin Island (AL) to Attain Sustainable Economic Development & Environmental Protection (January - December 2007). Five E's Unlimited assisted the Town of Dauphin Island in developing a long-term strategy and implementation plan for community development that created a more hazard resistant community able to balance economic development with environmental protection and conservation. Our consultant services included (1) reviewing existing documents and statutes applicable to future development, (2) providing stakeholder sustainability awareness and inventorying all stakeholder place-based interests, values, practices, and future vision, (3) conducting community asset identification via public consultation processes, (4) developing visual frameworks of historical and current conditions that could influence changes in environment, community development, and cultural views, (5) planning and designing management strategies through public participation, including the visualization of possible futures and related timelines for progress, and (6) promoting implementation of a sustainable management strategy and measurement processes. During the final phases of the project we worked collaboratively with the Planning Commission and others in identifying how this strategic planning process could be integrated into the Island’s Comprehensive Plan. Funding for this work came from the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium; the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program. Consultant partners in this contract included Gene Martin of the University of Washington, Seattle WA and Mary Mullins of the Bellwether Group, Mobile, AL. Contact: Nannette Davidson, Planning Commission, Town of Dauphin Island, AL 36528. tel: (251)861-5525, ext. 25. e-mail: ndavidson@townofdauphinisland.org.

Community Sustainable Development Assistance, Lake Tahoe (CA)-Northern Nevada, 2006. Served as a member of a Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) for the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Communities by Design program. Conducted a week-long charrette designed to help the communities of Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Reno, and Carson City assess their strengths and weaknesses with regards to water resources, land-use, transportation, energy, and economic development. Conducted a series of workshops to develop the background on issues, seek stakeholder input on core values and important concerns for the future, and provide recommendations for the communities to proceed in a sustainable fashion. Strongly recommended to the different communities that they begin to plan on a regional basis since they are very closely linked by a common watershed, transportation corridors, commerce, and labor force. Affordable housing was also a significant issue to all communities involved in the assessment. My leadership in water quality issues provided a strategic process for the involved communities into the exploration and design of Low Impact Development (LID) policies for future development guidance in the region.

Community Sustainable Development Assistance, Guemes Island, WA, 2006. Served as a member of a Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) for the American Institute of Architects, Communities By Design program. Conducted a week-long charrette designed to help the Guemes Island community assess their choices and issues and define a path toward formulating strategies and solutions in their commitment to planning for a sustainable future. Team research and public consultation focused upon five community objectives that included: preserve the island’s rural character; conserve water and protect the quality of the island’s sole source aquifer; resolve transportation disagreements; protect wildlife and shoreline habitat; and increase island energy independence. Community participants commented that the sessions were far more valuable in examining the bases of their prejudices, wishes, and positions than they had expected. “One of the things that really impressed me was how many different voices and people, who often disagree, were brought together in this process,” said one participant. “Having all their input has made us all aware that we do have a community with a common vision. It’s made us all energized and hopeful about our future.” Team work assisted the community who was anxious to take charge of its future, especially with regards to controlling growth that’s compromising the Island’s rural legacy. The week’s work created the blueprint that the Island will recommend as its sub-area plan to document much of the philosophy, direction and tools that will eventually be adopted as the Island’s land-use plan by Skagit County. My leadership on community water issues assisted participants in identifying alternatives for regulating water use and providing alternative water supplies by imagining seven potential futures for the Island’s development. Identifying water supply and quality problems associated with each of those potential scenarios provided the community an opportunity to develop solutions to problems that provided the framework for an action plan.

Sustainable Community Development, Niger River Delta, Nigeria, 2005. Served as a consultant to South-Sea
Datcomm, Inc. and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the design and development of programming that would implement an NDDC Master Plan for the rapid, even, and sustainable development of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Advised the Partners for Sustainable Development Forum (PSDF) on the principles and tools to use in implementing sustainable community development actions for the 9 States of the Niger Delta Region. Designed a process which outlines the minimum human and logistics capacities required in each directorate of the NDDC in the light of anticipated responsibilities for guiding implementation of the region’s Master Plan. Developed instruments and procedure for testing all Master Plan programs and projects, including the NDDC’s defined Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) for social, economic and environmental sustainability. Participated in the Participatory Regional Assessment (PRA) activities to build human capacity in target communities for sustainable revitalization action programs, emphasizing equally economic, environmental, and social justice issues. Provided guidance on processes for the monitoring and evaluation of projects designed and implemented under the NDDC Development Master Plan. Designed and implemented communications and advocacy projects to ensure sustained stakeholder confidence and participation in the NDDC sustainable community development plan implementation. Advised public and private stakeholders on the design of a Sustainable Technology Industrial Park (STIP) that emphasized principles of industrial ecology and eco-efficiency and stressed the importance of business attention to the triple bottom line.

Sustainable Urban Commercial Revitalization, Shaw Main Streets, 2004. Provided services to Shaw Main Streets, a community-based, non-profit organization devoted to the commercial revitalization of the 7th and 9th Street corridors of Northwest Washington, DC. Served as founding Director of operations. Established organization policy framework and financial management procedures. Facilitated the work of volunteer committees to develop projects that would promote economic revitalization and equitable community development in an historic, culturally diverse area of the District’s urban setting. Consultant activities provided to support building and lot parcel inventory studies, green infrastructure development, promotional activities, integrated development design strategies, streetscape planning, and sustainable business expansion opportunities. Promoted concepts of walkable communities design, integrated commercial revitalization, destination district advantages, and corporate social responsibility as part of consultant advisement.

Water Resources Advisor, Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable, 2003-05. Served as a member and advisor of a task force convened to examine the criteria that define sustainable water resources for the United States. Task force worked in the capacity of an on-going roundtable comprised of governmental officials, industry representatives, non-profit organizations, academicians, and consultants that met regularly to synthesize and integrate data relative to the sustainability of surface and groundwater resources. My role focused primarily on the development of criteria and indicators that could be used to measure the sustainability of water resources on a national basis. From this work published a journal article entitled “The Sustainable Development of Water Resources” (Water Resources Update, February 2004; http://www.ucowr.siu.edu/updates/127/index.html).

Public Communication Campaign for Sustainable Development, 2003-05. Joint collaboration with several other
committed professionals on a project focused upon developing public communication strategies that would promote specific public behavior changes (1) necessary to achieve an environmentally sustainable world and (2) simple for consumers to understand and implement. This project is designed to influence public behavior changes, reinforced by available scientific knowledge, that will help protect wilderness areas and create a viable, healthy future for the biosphere. Consultant work focused on expressing the rationale for sustainable development through coherent and compelling communications designed to make sustainability part of the daily behaviors and attitudes of all people. Collaborative activities include the development of a Public Service Announcement for distribution to major TV networks around the US and the design and publishing of a “portal” web site (http://www.abetterfuture.org) to provide the visitor with information refined for his or her interest, background, and/or profession regarding the development of more sustainable lifestyles. This project, known as “A Better Future,” is a coherent, compelling and scientifically supported campaign designed to help consumers embrace sustainability, which will ultimately help transform sustainability into a national and international priority by introducing/reinforcing specific behaviors that support a more healthy, humane and environmentally sustainable world.

Sustainable Development Education Consultant to Clermont County Educational Service Center, Batavia, OH 2003-04. Contracted by the Clermont County Educational Service to develop the content for and produce a series of distance-learning lectures and companion on-line learning modules on sustainable development for high school students that focus on national and global issues of sustainability students can relate to in their own communities. Employed distance-learning video-conferencing technology to conducted 12 learning sessions that introduced students to the concept of sustainable development and presented educational information on a number of contemporary problems students read about in the newspapers in the context of sustainable development principles. Student learning was further supported by development of sustainable development content modules students could access on-line prior to participating in each week’s video-conference topic. This project has reached 18 high schools throughout Ohio and a total of 438 students during the Spring 2004 school year.

Sustainable Community Development Specialist/Consultant to Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, 2003. Served as a member of a Countryside Stewardship Exchange team sponsored by the Glynwood Center (Cold Spring, NY) and the Countryside Exchange Institute (Manchester, UK). My role on the team was to carry-out community asset assessment, recommend community-based management of coastal natural resources, offer guidance on sustainable community development around the issues of economy and community capacity, and work with other team members on collectively making suggestions for Rathlin Island to progress on their strategic planning and implementation of actions in a sustainable and secure way. Work included evaluation of present conditions, resolving conflict among varying points of view within the community, and reporting on collective steps the community could take to achieve its goal of sustainability.

Resource Development Consultant to the District of Columbia, 2002-03. Through contractual agreements with the NGO, Sustainable DC, provided consultant services to the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development to design and formulate strategy in response to a National AmeriCorps request for proposals. Researched the activities of five DC Main Street Programs and incorporated their strategic approach into an application for funding from the National AmeriCorps Program that would support the skill development, community service, and reinvestment of human resources into ongoing community revitalization efforts of the participating Main Street Program efforts. Submitted a funding application to the DC AmeriCorps Program office in January 2003.

Technical Facilitator to the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, 2003. Provided design, facilitation, and conflict resolution to three breakout sessions of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology’s Workshop on “Biotechnology-Derived Perennial Turf and Forage Grasses: Criteria for Evaluation.” Led the dialogue of more than 100 workshop participants discussing the state-of-the-art and possible criteria to be used for evaluating environmental safety and potential benefits and risks of these grasses relative to traditional varieties. Through ADR I assisted participants with differing views of potential solutions to help them work through their differences and arrive at some agreement on these contentious issues.

Sustainability Education Consultant to the West Clermont School District, 2002-03. Contracted by the West
Clermont School District in Cincinnati, OH to develop a series of distance-learning lectures on sustainable development that focus on global issues emphasized by the WSSD in the summer of 2002, as well as issues the students could relate to in their own communities. Conducted 9 distance-learning sessions that introduced students to the concept of sustainable development and presented a number of contemporary problems students read about in the newspapers in the context of sustainable development principles.

Sustainability Conference Planning Committee Member, National Council for Science and the Environment, 2002-03. Assisted the National Council for Science and the Environment in the planning of their 3rd Annual Conference entitled “Education for a Sustainable and Secure Future.” As a Conference Planning Committee member contributed to designing the conference agenda, identifying experts to serve as speakers and panelists, and writing parts of the Pre-conference Briefing Document on Sustainability Education and Communication. Also co-designed and co-facilitated a breakout session during the conference that involved 40 Conference participants working on the specific task of defining a “Strategy for a National Public Communications Campaign on Sustainable Development.”

Lead Consultant in Development of a Comprehensive Sustainability Plan for the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), 2002. I was retained to assist in the preparation of a Comprehensive Sustainability Plan. Provided the Whistler community and government (British Columbia, Canada) with expert opinions and data on sustainability as they would apply to a resort community to inspire long range planning and enhance sound economic development in tourism and recreation. The RMOW required that the consultant team, of which I was the lead consultant for the Sustainable Destination Resort Background Report development, work to examine and define sustainability criteria in the context of the Whistler community. My responsibilities in this effort included working to develop community consensus on sustainable destination resort community characteristics and criteria for evaluating futuring scenarios for the community and government to use in assessing and choosing their preferable alternative future. A final publication of the community’s plan for the future, which references my inputs to the sustainability planning process, can be found at (http://www.whistler.ca/files/PDF/Admin/Whistler_2020/RMOW_2020SustainBook.pdf). I also had to regularly resolve conflicts among both community participants and governmental representatives regarding different points of view about sustainable development. Designed methodology for developing a comprehensive plan that was not simply collaborative with the community, but that was initiated, driven and concluded by the community. Assisted the public in understanding issues surrounding sustainability and how methodology should be applied to the key economic development issues facing the community. Responsible for guaranteeing the public's considered opinion was recorded and reconciled through further consultation and that the Comprehensive Sustainability Plan was set for implementation.

Strategic Planning Consultant and Facilitator to the Non-Profit Organization, Sustainable DC, 2001-04. Worked with the organization's Board of Directors to develop a formal organizational structure for this non profit that would assist other NGO's in Washington, DC to holistically achieve their various objectives related to sustainable development within the City, establishing the organization as a "Broker" for sustainable development initiatives in the region that promoted the "Best Practices of Sustainability." Conducted workshops, facilitated public consultation, design strategic planning exercises, and assisted in the organizations network building. Helped the organization's Board to design and publish an organizational web site and to identify initial projects the NGO could implement that funders would be interested in supporting. Served as editor for the organization's publishing of a bi weekly, on line (Internet) newsletter, "Sustainability Outlook," that initially reached more than 500 subscribers. Developed the format and agenda for a "Sustainability Dialogue" forum held in the Spring of 2002 by SDC and facilitated its conduct.

Environmental Education Project Consultant, Beyond Creation, 2001-02. Assisted with the organization's initial planning and formal non profit structure development. Designed and published the organization's web site. Assisted the organization's founder in the development and exhibition of the EARTH CHILD Project, a mobile playhouse laboratory that demonstrates different aspects of green building design and the ultimate conservation strategies that evolve in watershed protection from consumers utilizing the recommended green building strategies and energy/water conservation strategies in their own households.

Consultant to the Republic of Cameroon Sustainable Development Program, 2000-01. Designed a country-wide Program for Cameroon (West Africa) to assist with implementation of their National Environmental Management Plan (NEMP). Strategies over next 5 years include promoting public environmental information access, communication, and education; providing expert consultation on the management of coastal areas and wetlands; facilitating community participation in watershed wide management of arid and semi arid landscapes for desertification control, reforestation, and rangeland protection; and recommending procedures for the monitoring and evaluation of restorative and protective action projects.

Task Force Member of Working Landscape Conference Initiative, 2000-01. Worked with government agency reps, NGOs, and academicians to fact-find, lead the design, and implement a full participatory conference on sustainability of "Working Landscapes in the Mid-West". Conference design digressed from traditional format to stimulate full participant contribution of collective wisdom, buy-in, and "back-home" implementation of recommended actions promoting land based economic activity that sustains families, communities, and watershed integrity, while also providing multiple benefits to society.

Facilitation of Sustainable Communities Workshop, 2000. Designed and facilitated National Council on Science and the Environment's two-day Conference Workshop to gather collective participant agreement on the science and information delivery needs required to advance concepts of "Sustainable Communities" via National Science Foundation research initiatives and Federal Legislation proposals.

Managing Community Conflict Training, Colorado, 2000. Worked with seven communities in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado, as part of the Kellogg Foundation's MIRA Program, to explore areas of conflict resolution toward developing sustainable economic development guaranteeing resource and diverse cultures protection.

Smart Growth Planning & Community Information Technology Training, Iowa, 1999. Provided consultation to the Warren County (IA) Economic Development Agency to guide rural sustainability by design of integrative strategies for social, economic, and ecologic concerns. Assisted in evaluation of land-use, urban sprawl, & smart growth issues related to an adjacent metropolitan region. Facilitated a program on "Community Information Technology Training and Capacity Building" in southern Iowa as part of the Kellogg Foundation's MIRA Program.

Managing Community Change & Conflict Resolution Training, Mississippi, 1999. Provided training and consultation to rural southern communities focused upon empowering youth to become involved with sustainable community development, the use of telecommunications technology for advancing economic development, the design of community-based research projects, and the use of geographic information systems for determining community assets. Also assisted rural school districts in Mississippi with in-school conflict resolution.

Training Consultant for Community Information Technology, Virginia, 1998. Provided "Community Information Technology Training and Community Capacity Building" to 10 different communities in southwestern Virginia, as part of the Kellogg Foundation's Program "Managing Information in Rural America" (MIRA).

Rural Coastal Community Development, Virginia Eastern Shore, 1994-98. Advised communities and jurisdictions on coastal bay habitat & water quality issues, adaptive, integrated watershed management practices, sustainable agricultural land use, rural countryside management, urban growth/re-development, and sustainable residential unit design. Designed a rural development model for environmentally sustainable agricultural, value-added agribusiness, eco-tourism growth, fisheries enhancement, and community-based natural resource management.

Town of Exmore Comprehensive Plan Development, 1996-97. Served as a consultant to the Virginia Eastern Shore Town of Exmore (USA) in their preparation of a Five Year Comprehensive Plan. Facilitated community organizing & public participation in development of the Town's plan and wrote the final document. Provided information technology training and conflict resolution in support of the Town's public hearing process and implementation of plan proposals. Also advised on alternative wastewater treatment strategies.

International Countryside Stewardship Team Member, 1996. Through the Int. Countryside Stewardship Institute's (Cold Spring, NY) Program, provided advice and technical assistance on community-based natural resource management, coastal ecosystem protection, sustainable economic development, eco-tourism design, and cultural asset evaluation, for NGOs and governments of the Dumphries-Galloway Machar's region of western Scotland.

Sustainable Agri/Aquaculture & Community Development in Jamaica, 1994. Worked as a Project Advisor in Jamaica, consulting on technical activities and management of integrated agriculture/aquaculture ventures in the mountain watersheds of Montego Bay toward sustainable use of resources and coastal protection that integrated local economic enhancement, human resource development, and environmental preservation.

Use of Offshore Oil/Gas Structures for Marine Food Production, 1993-94. Worked as a Project Advisor to Watermark Inc., a New Orleans company, to advise on sustainable use of spent oil/gas rigs for development of aquaculture infrastructure able to grow marine fish species for food production.

Development of the Barataria-Terrebonne NEP "Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan", 1993-94. Facilitated the collective input of over 100 stakeholders and governmental officials into the final planning document for protection and management of two large Louisiana coastal estuaries through a number of workshops and task group meetings that provided the framework of stakeholder proposals for integrated coastal zone management.

Evaluation of Human Risks from Toxic Chemical Exposure in the Great Lakes, 1989-90. Served as project leader in obtaining funding and convening international citizen groups, business leaders, governmental officials, & scientists to research existing knowledge regarding risks to human health from exposure to toxic chemicals in the Great Lakes and offer integrated technical assistance and policy advise on pollution, public health, aquatic biology, wildlife ecology, socio-economic risk analysis, and disease prevention to governing bodies. The project resulted in a peer-reviewed monograph publication that strongly influenced the US-Canada International Joint Commission's policy formulation for protection of human health in the Great Lakes.

Pollution Impact from IXTOC-I Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, 1979. Served as a scientific Principal Investigator on an international team (Mexico-U.S.) that advised the Mexican and U.S. governments on pollution control assessment and remediation from the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico, IXTOC-1 oil well blow out. Conducted toxicity tests on marine organisms and advised on wildlife effects from pollution.