January 10, 2010 5:00 p.m.

-Meeting started at 5 pm with food and drinks and socializing

-Approximately 20 to 30 people in initial attendance

-Light adult contemporary music in the background

-Roughly equal number of men and women

-Age ranges from early twenties to sixties with most falling in the range of 30’s through 50’s.

-Casual wear, open floor design of home made socializing easier

-Few more attendees came in around 5:30

-Agenda review

            -Expand the board of S2

            “The ways we’ve been doing things hasn’t worked.”

            -Leads will talk about their program

-Break into smaller pieces for potential board members to introduce themselves and gather more information

            -Program leads will then give reflections

            -Call to Action the United Nations “Our Common Future” in 1991

            -Healthy communities, economies, communities and ecosystems

            -Earth Summit, Regional sustainability

            -14 Programs after two years of intense market research

            -Three main program areas

                        -Emerging people, projects, and ideas

                        -Community Connections

                        -Indicators

-Joe Brewer Cognitive Works

            -Seattle filled with amazing people

            -The world is falling apart because of collapsed, outdated systems

            -We are facing planetary limits for first time ever

            -Opportunity to take action and be different

            -What does it mean to be human?

                        -Are we simply “human calculators?”

                        -Consumerism and cost trade analysis

                        -Humans are not just self interested or self motivated

                        -Desire to be creative, play and explore

            -What does it mean to be playful?

            -Humans are inherently social

                        -Interconnected web, social ecosystem, relationships define us

-Sustainability is not just about the environment anymore; it is about our own future as a species.

            -Relationships, collaboration, and healthy communities

-Program Introductions

            -Dream a Sound Future Competition: imagine Seattle in 2100

                        -How do we want the future to be?

                        -Ideas need to be drawn from different fields and disciplines

                        -Start idealistic and then bring in practicality

            -Dream a Sound Future Competition: imagine Seattle in 2100

                        -K through 12 competition through June

                        -Truth comes from the mouths of babes

-Children are not yet spoiled by the world and they haven’t been turned into “human calculators” yet.

            -STARS

                        -Sustainable Training and Resources Program

                        -Classes and training

                        -Open to the general public, professional fields, and decision makers

-Interaction between people from different disciplines will create more opportunities and solutions

            -Emerging People, Projects and Ideas

                        -K-12 sustainability educator

                        -Design Labs

                        -Leadership Labs

                        -Partnerships

                                    -Seattle Public Schools, Seattle Art Museum, OSPI

                        -Education system has taken on the idea of sustainability

-Paradigm changes and education need to be developed in a parallel manner.

            -Fiscal Sponsorships

                        -Green Drinks

                        -Sustainable Cascadia

                        -Experience Food Project

                        -Sustainable Belltown

            -Sustainability Certifications and Awards

                        -SCOLA

                        -B-sustainable goals and indicators

                        -Collaboration with existing Seattle certifications

            -SPARC

                        -Sustainability Partnerships and Resource Commons

-Meeting places, office space, sustainability office center, social change initiatives

-Resources and materials

            -Video Services

                        -Video is best when people are in their environments, cities, landscapes.

            -PALS

                        -Peer Alliance for Leadership in Sustainability

                        -Network of professionals

                        -Focus on living instead of consumerism

                        -Industry organizations

                        -Holistic approach amongst companies

            -Sustainable Cities

                        -Sister Cities

                        -Local sustainability

            -Sustainable Cities

-Ideal urban environment, bring big ideas to a smaller scale for easier digestion

            -Phocus

                        -Policy Hub on Community and Urban Sustainability

                        -Communities need to have access to policy, some even have covenants

                        -Local food policy

            -Potential Board Members Ideas and Feedback

                        -Bring people together in one room and see what happens

                        -S2 is a vehicle for change

                        -What is the social bottom line to all our work?

                        -You cannot have environmental justice without social justice

                        -PBS TV series “Race: the power of illusion.”

                        -Website needs to eventually be in different languages.

                        -Connect community resources that already exist

-Greatest potential is to facilitate organizations that are already doing the work

-Business and community outreach

-Residents and organizations need to buy in to what is happening

-New city leadership wants more collaboration betwixt non profits and government agencies