Comments Page

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Please print out this page and send it in with your completed assessment form, to the Ecovilage Network of the Americas Coordinating Office. We will send a file copy to your regional office.

Insert your scores for each section of the CSA, below, and calculate your overall score.

Use additional pages as necessary, to tell us more about your community. We also invite you to send in the Vision Statement and/or any other documents that guide or advance the sustainability of your community.

Your input is greatly appreciated!

Name of the community:

Age of the community (number of years in existence):

Name of person completing the Assessment/Contact Person:

Address:

Phone #:

Fax #:

eMail address:

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Please indicate how much time it took to complete this Assessment: _____________

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SCORING & GENERAL COMMENTS SHEET
Please write in your total score for each section, and share any comments in the space below each item. If you use additional pages, please indicate the section and item number you are commenting on.

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Ecological section:

1. Sense of Place Total:_____ 2. Food Availability, Production & Distribution Total:_____ 3. Physical Infrastructure, Buildings & Transportation Total:_____ 4. Consumption Patterns & Solid Waste Management Total:_____ 5. Water - sources, quality & use patterns Total:_____ 6. Waste Water & Water Pollution Management Total:_____ 7. Energy Sources & Uses Total:_____ Total points for the Ecological section:_____

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Social section:

1. Openness, Trust & Safety; Communal Space Total:_____ 2. Communication - the flow of ideas & information Total:_____ 3. Networking Outreach & Services Total:_____ 4. Social Sustainability Total:_____ 5. Education Total:_____ 6. Health Care Total:_____ 7. Sustainable Economics - healthy local economy Total:_____ Total points for the Social section:_____

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Spiritual section:

1. Cultural Sustainability Total:_____ 2. Arts and Leisure Total:_____ 3. Spiritual Sustainability Total:_____ 4. Community Glue Total:_____ 5. Community Resilience Total:_____ 6. A New Holographic, Circulatory World View Total:_____ 7. Peace and Global Consciousness Total:_____ Total points for the Spiritual section:_____

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For each of these sections (Ecological, Social and Spiritual):

	333+	Indicates excellent progress toward sustainability
	166-332	Indicates a good start toward sustainability
	0-165	Indicates actions are needed to undertake sustainability

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OVERALL CSA SCORE

______ Ecological Checklist ______ Social Checklist ______ Spiritual Checklist ______ TOTAL SCORE

	999+	Indicates excellent progress toward sustainability
	450-998	Indicates a good start toward sustainability
	0-449	Indicates actions are needed to undertake sustainability

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