Progress 05/15/04 to 08/14/06
Outputs
Enlibra is a shared philosophy that encourages a balanced approach to environmental management. The Enlibra Toolkit - Tools and Techniques for Environmental Management has been completed. The 130-page Toolkit contains numerous case studies, tools and lessons learned for applying the Enlibra Principles to real-life environmental problems. The Toolkit provides private citizens, business leaders, interest groups and government agencies with a collaborative, constructive and cost effective approach to environmental problem solving. To date over 1000 copies have been distributed. The Toolkit is also available online and has had hundreds of copies downloaded. The Oquirrh Institute is applying the Enlibra principles detailed in the Toolkit in model projects, such as working with land owners to show them how they can conserve their ranches and associated wildlife, water quality and scenic values, while still realizing economic benefits from the land. The Oquirrh Institue has
prepared Toolkit Training Seminars. Upon request, the Oquirrh Institute will conduct for government, education and business organizations training sessions to educate key stakeholders on how to effectively use the Enlibra Principles to improve the environmental problem-solving process. In addition to the Toolkit training, the Oquirrh Institute offers project and process facilitation to interested government agencies and business organizations that face increasingly complex environmental challenges, such as growth management and maintaining water quality. Building on the key Enlibra principle of "Markets before Mandates", the Oquirrh Institute has augmented the Enlibra Toolkit by adding a compendium of economic tools and strategies that also yield environmental benefits. The Oquirrh Institute has completed the first major area of focus for its compendium of economic tools and strategies that produce environmental benefits. A final draft of Enlibra - Innovative Tools and Strategies in
Transportation has recently been completed. This addition to the Enlibra Toolkit promises to be an important resource for effectively planning both local and regional transportation systems that address the transportation needs of both rural and urban populations. The Oquirrh Institute plans to focus next on innovative tools and strategies for effectively managing watersheds.
Impacts
The Oquirrh expects the Enlibra Toolkit to be an important resource for environmental stakeholders, including government, business and environmental protection groups, to collaborate more effectively on creating solutions to environmental problems that are less constly and more sustainable. The Oquirrh Institute's ability to distribute and train environmental stakeholders in the effective implementation of the Enlibra principles to environmental problem-solving situations will increase the prevalence of collaborative, constructive and sustainable solutions to environmental problems. The Oquirrh Institute will be a catalyst for demonstrating the value of the Enlibra principles through demonstration projects, such as the Thunder Ranch Project, which shows how landowners can conserve their ranches and associated wildlife, water quality, and scenic values, while still realizing economic benefits.
Publications
- The Enlibra Toolkit - Tools & Techniques for Environmental Management, Oquirrh Institute (2004)
- Enlibra - Innovative Tools and Strategies in Transportation, Oquirrh Institute (2005)
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Progress 10/01/03 to 09/30/04
Outputs
Late 2003 marked the first publication of the Enlibra Toolkit: Principles and Tools for Envrionmental Management. After two years of extensive research and writing, the Toolkit was formally introduced to public and private sector organizations as a tool for solving complex environmental challenges in December 2003. Since the release, we have been presenting the principles of Enlibra to communitites across the country and introducing the Toolkit to universitites as an environmental policy text. Several universities have used the Toolkit in their classrooms and professors have been giving their input on future Toolkit editions. In order to build upon the strengths of the Toolkit, we are currently gathering information, feedback, and case studies to use in the development of a second edition of the Enlibra Toolkit. This second edition is anticipated to be completed in mid to late-2005. Throughout 2004 the Oquirrh Institute has been developing a Toolkit Training Seminar
Series. The training is intended to provide public and private sector policy leaders and decision-makers with and in-depth understanding of Enlibra and assisting them in incorporating the Enlibra principles into practical situations. As of Fall 2004, the training program is nearly complete and will be ready to present in Dec 2004 or Jan 2005. A marketing tool is also being developed to inform potential participants of the new training program. Using the principles of Enlibra as a framework, the Oquirrh Institute has also begun the exploration of project/process faciliation for government and business organizations who face challenges in solving envrionmental issues/disputes. Through a collaborative process, the Institute is interested in identifying and involving partners and stakeholders in managing complex issues such as growth management, conservation of ranchlands, and water quality. A marketing plan is being developed for the project faciliation piece of the Enlibra Toolkit
project and we are currently ready to move forward with projects as they become available.
Impacts
The expected impact of the Oquirrh Institute's Center for Envrionmental Management Enlibra Toolkit project is to improve environmental health and create more sustainable communitites.
Publications
- Enlibra Toolkit: Principles and Tools for Envrionmental Management, 2003
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