Community Sustainability Assessment

Table of Contents

Introduction, and CSA download for completion off-line.General Instructions & Scoring Information
Please go to this page FIRST, as it contains some important tips and details for completing the CSA.
Introduction to the Ecological Checklist
  1. Sense of Place - community location & scale; restoration & preservation of nature
  2. Food Availability, Production & Distribution
  3. Physical Infrastructure, Buildings & Transportation - materials, methods, designs
  4. Consumption Patterns & Solid Waste Management
  5. Water - sources, quality & use patterns
  6. Waste Water & Water Pollution Management
  7. Energy Sources & Uses
Introduction to the Social Checklist
  1. Openness, Trust & Safety; Communal Space
  2. Communication - the flow of ideas & information
  3. Networking Outreach & Services - resource exchange internal/external)
  4. Social Sustainability - diversity & tolerance; decision-making; conflict resolution
  5. Education
  6. Health Care
  7. Sustainable Economics - healthy local economy
Introduction to the Spiritual Checklist
  1. Cultural Sustainability
  2. Arts and Leisure
  3. Spiritual Sustainability
  4. Community Glue
  5. Community Resilience
  6. A New Holographic, Circulatory World View
  7. Peace and Global Consciousness
Comments Page
This page:
serves as your cover sheet when mailing in your completed CSA, provides a place to calculate your overall CSA score, and has space for your comments on each section of the CSA.

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