A Ms. Hamster’s introduction to my first lesson
in sustainability
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We must learn to live within the means of our planet
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World Population
1859: 1b
today: 7b
2050: 8.9b
GDP
2050: $180t
1859: $.7t
today: $50t
CO2
1859: 290 ppm today: 400 ppm 2050: 555 ppm
2000
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1870
1890
1900
1920
1940
1960
2020
2050
1980
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Lesson 1
Communities that do not deliberately embark
on a path of transition from fossil fuel fed
economic growth will never be sustainable
Going Fossil Fuel Free in Kristianstaad
Going Fossil Fuel Free
The Energy Revolution in
Kristianstaad
1300 sq km in area
26 communities
Largest 33,000
Smallest 250
Total Population
77,000 people
District Municipality made up of
all 26 communities
1999 – Politicians Make Fossil Fuel
FREE decision
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Waste = Electricity and Vehicle Fuel
Wind = Electricity; District Heating = Energy Efficiency
Waste + Wind = Self-Reliance and Resilience
Annual direct carbon reduction annually =
140,000 tons
Indirect reductions
Processing waste = less methane
23% more powerful than carbon
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Lesson 2
• Local and democratic ownership is crucially
Local and democratic ownership is
crucial to creating the capacity to
invest and re-invest systematically in
in the transition to more sustainable
communities. necessary and
generating to transition to more
equitable and sustainable communities.
Lesson 3
Local governments are emerging as
a crucial partner and actor in proactively navigating the challenges
and capturing the opportunities a
serious commitment to
sustainability represents.
House Prices vs Average Income
Vancouver (Dunbar)
Price: $14,700
(3.5 years of a carpenter’s labour at $4,000)
Price: $1.6m
(33 years of a carpenter’s labour at $48,000)
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Capturing the Unearned Market Lift
for Community Benefit
The Community Land Trust Tenure
CLTs own land under a nonprofit multi-stakeholder
democratic governance model
The CLT leases the land to home
owners or non-profit and co-op
partners. Limited return
restrictions on resale.
Source: Champlain Housing Trust
Application to land for food
growing, workspace, renewable
energy
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CLT Increases Affordability Over Time
25 year track record in Burlington
50% AMI
60% AMI
70% AMI
80% AMI
1984
2002
2009
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Superior Stability in Good Times and Bad
2009 – US CLTs minimal mortgage problems
National
Community Land
Trust Network
(NCLTN) and
Mortgage
Bankers
Association
(MBA) data for
mortgage
delinquency and
foreclosure, 4th
quarter 2009
Source: Champlain Housing Trust
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Lesson 4
It is important to expand CLT like
mechanisms that capture public benefits
from public resources and investment.
Reclaiming the commons through
rebalancing the dominant ME with the
collective WE is integral to transition to
sustainability.
Savoring a Small Victory in the Back Alley
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355 Homes
City of Vancouver
Head lease
(99 years)
Project consultants
Social Purpose Developments
Architects
CHF BC
Contractors
Vancity
Terra
Housing
Housing
agreements
(Affordability
Communityobligations)
Housing
Land Trust Foundation
Sub-leases
Legal advisors
Katherine
Sanford
Housing
Society (48)
Site #1
Vancity
Owner/Operator
Agreements
HFBC Housing
Society (114)
Fraserview Coop
(79 units)
Fraserview Coop
(82 units)
Tikva Housing
Society (16)
Tikva Housing
Society (16)
Total of 161
units over two
sites
Site #2
Site #3
Site #4
A Community Land Trust Development Model
Lesson 5
Communities advance their
sustainability to the extent they
organize themselves to
consciously leverage their
Assets and Connect the Dots
Lesson 5ve sustainability to
Communities achieve sustainability to the extent they organize
themselves to consciously connect the dots
BASIC NEEDS:
Food
Energy
Shelter
Reclaiming
the Commons
Democratizing &
Localizing
Ownership
KEY FUNCTIONS
Reclaiming
Finance
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