Sustainable Governance and Organizational Change Publications

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The Sustainable Governance and Organizational Change program includes the University of Oregon Sustainability Leadership Academy and projects related to sustainability change management and governance strategies for local governments, communities, and private companies and watershed governance and sustainability.

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Browsing Sustainable Governance and Organizational Change Publications by Author "Doppelt, Bob"

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    Building a sustainable Oregon from within: a formative review of the State of Oregon’s Sustainability Initiative
    (Center For Watershed And Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2002-10) Farrell, Ben; Mintz, Melanie; Zimmerman, Adam; Doppelt, Bob; Baldwin, John
    This report summarizes the results of a formative review of the State of Oregon’s efforts to adopt sustainability measures. In May 2000 Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed Executive Order No. EO-00-07 (EO) directing Oregon state government to develop policies and programs that will assist Oregon in meeting a goal of sustainability within one generation – by 2025. In 2001 the Oregon Legislature enacted House Bill (HB) 3948, making the adoption of sustainability measures within state government part of state law. For the purposes of this report, the combination of the Governor's EO and HB 3948 is referred to as the State of Oregon's “Sustainability Initiative,” or simply the “Initiative.” This review was undertaken to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the process of institutionalizing sustainability into everyday state agency operations and to identify actions that could enhance the success of the Initiative over time. The review was also undertaken as a learning experience for University of Oregon graduate students Ben Farrell, Melanie Mintz, and Adam Zimmerman, who did the majority of the planning, research and writing. Bob Doppelt, Director of the Center for Watershed and Community Health, and Dr. John Baldwin, University of Oregon Associate Professor of Planning, Public Policy and Management, supervised the project.
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    Crisis or opportunity? Oregon's environmental programs at the crossroads: a framework to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts to achieve sustainable development
    (Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 1999-10) Doppelt, Bob; Shinn, Craig
    It is clear to many that Oregon’s approach to environmental management is at a crossroads. The state can continue to manage the environment one crisis at a time or, it can establish an framework which leads to agreement over what is needed to manage the environment sustainably and mobilizes, guides and integrates efforts to achieve those ends. This would help resolve today’s problems and respond to new ones before they become crisis. It would also position Oregon as a center of excellence in environmentally efficient business and community development. This document outlines the potential components of a framework to achieve the latter. This can be called a framework to place Oregon on a path towards Sustainable Development. The proposed framework has three overall components: the state would declare that achieving sustainable development is a top priority and establish clear goals and a mechanisms to mobilize, guide and integrate government, private sector and community efforts towards this end; each state agency would adopt clear goals and outcome-based strategies to align internal rules, regulations and programs and to mobilize, guide and support constituent efforts to achieve the new state sustainability goal; and ongoing private sector and community sustainability efforts would be complemented by new initiatives aimed at the common state goal of achieving sustainable development.
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    Fifty leading economists warn Oregon : global warming to come with a big price tag
    (Global Warming and Society/Climate Change Resource Center, Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-10-11) Doppelt, Bob; Goodstein, Eban S., 1960-
    Oct. 11, 2005 press release to Oregon leaders warning of economic impact of global warming.
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    Towards a sustainable Washington: the benefits of “decoupling” economic growth from the growth of environment impacts
    (Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000-09-26) Doppelt, Bob
    The Center for Watershed and Community Health, a research institute in the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, in partnership with academic and private economists in Washington, is investigating the costs and benefits of environmentally sustainable business and government practices. Five major economic reports and two handbooks have been produced so far. Each found that the adoption of environmentally sustainable practices is good for the overall economy, good for individual businesses, good for government, and, almost as a side benefit, good for salmon and the environment. In short, we found that sustainability practices are often just plain good business.