REPORT CALLS ON CALIFORNIA TO PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY

A new report, "Re-imagining California, A Sustainable Future For The Golden State," contains the recommendations of leading business and nonprofit executives, policymakers, scientists, academics, and program managers that took part in the Fort Baker Leadership Summits at the Institute for the Golden Gate in Sausalito, California. The three summits, convened by WELL Network in spring 2009, focused a range of thinking on how California can ensure a strong economy and healthy environment for an increasingly diverse population. As a result of the summits, Dominican University's California Environmental Finance Center is working on a gap analysis comparing select legislation, plans, and programs that address sustainability.

The goal is to have the state's policy- and opinion leaders adopt the recommendations and develop a long-term, integrated Sustainability Agenda for California. Read more.

TURNING THE TIDE

WELL Network and the Fort Baker Leadership Group have been invited to take part in Turning the Tide, a conference of some of the world's foremost thinkers on global sustainability, hosted by the Institute of the Golden Gate.  At a daylong meeting on April 14, we will continue the collaboration we began in 2009 when WELL sponsored a series of summits at Fort Baker.  Those summits produced "Re-imagining California—A Sustainable Future for the Golden State," a report outlining critical steps California must take to make sustainability the galvanizing principle for future policies. At our April 14 meeting, we'll finalize an action plan to gain support of business and political leaders for a state Sustainability Agenda.