Emerging Leaders’ Sustainability Plan or Project This award honors a student policy, law, plan or project that utilizes sustainable principles in its planning and/or implementation. Emerging Leaders’ Sustainability Plan or Project must have been completed the student or students were actively enrolled in an academic institution. Examples of projects eligible for the Emerging Leaders’ Sustainability Plan or Project Award of Excellence may include any student developed plan or project within the categories of: sustainable development project, sustainable building project, sustainable park, recreation or open space project, green infrastructure project, sustainable policy, law or plan and demonstrate a commitment to sustainable, balanced and innovative future. Originality + Innovation Document how your sustainability plan or project is unique and innovative. Explain how the use of the planning and implementation process in this context broadened sustainable planning principles as it relates to the plan or project. Compatibility Demonstrate how your entry integrates and supports the overall sustainable planning and implementation goals of the project. Describe how your entry can be or has been integrated into other planning efforts. Effectiveness + Results Describe how your entry has made a difference in the lives of the people, place and environment affected. Convey the level of effectiveness your entry has and can have over time. Engagement Explain how various interests were involved and the extent of that involvement. Describe the level of collaboration between leadership and competing interests. Transferability Explain how the sustainability aspects of your entry are transferable to other policies, laws or plans. What aspects of your entry, if any, increase public awareness of sustainability planning.
Emerging Leaders’ Sustainability Plan or Project This award honors a student policy, law, plan or project that utilizes sustainable principles in its planning and/or implementation. Emerging Leaders’ Sustainability Plan or Project must have been completed the student or students were actively enrolled in an academic institution. Examples of projects eligible for the Emerging Leaders’ Sustainability Plan or Project Award of Excellence may include any student developed plan or project within the categories of: sustainable development project, sustainable building project, sustainable park, recreation or open space project, green infrastructure project, sustainable policy, law or plan and demonstrate a commitment to sustainable, balanced and innovative future. Originality + Innovation Document how your sustainability plan or project is unique and innovative. Explain how the use of the planning and implementation process in this context broadened sustainable planning principles as it relates to the plan or project. Compatibility Demonstrate how your entry integrates and supports the overall sustainable planning and implementation goals of the project. Describe how your entry can be or has been integrated into other planning efforts. Effectiveness + Results Describe how your entry has made a difference in the lives of the people, place and environment affected. Convey the level of effectiveness your entry has and can have over time. Engagement Explain how various interests were involved and the extent of that involvement. Describe the level of collaboration between leadership and competing interests. Transferability Explain how the sustainability aspects of your entry are transferable to other policies, laws or plans. What aspects of your entry, if any, increase public awareness of sustainability planning.
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