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Great examples of implementing sustainable development principles are found with the 2009 Best Practice Winners (clockwise from upper left) including: Mayor Rick Baker and the City of St. Petersburg's Green City initiative, the expansion of the Lee County energy from waste facility operated by Covanta Energy, and the USGBC LEED Certified South Shore Campus of Hillsborough Community College.

The New Bottom Line: Achieving Survivability
In this era of going “green,” reducing our carbon foot print, ending our dependence on foreign oil and addressing the challenges of climate change, we tend to avoid the real issue. It’s really about survivability. And it’s not about the survivability of the planet; it’s about the survivability of the people who live here.
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Sustainable Florida Collins Center Director Tim Center welcomes attendees to the Working on the Green Executive Forum cohosted with the Florida Chamber Foundation.

For nearly 20 years, Sustainable Florida - Collins Center has served as the premier statewide champion for sustainability.

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hat were you thinking the first time you changed out a light bulb for a curlicue compact fluorescent bulb: “This will help save the planet and prevent global warming” or “This will really help reduce my electric bill”? For most of us, it is the economic argument that wins. And it is icing on the cake that we can also help our environment. As the troubling economic conditions of the day continue their drumbeat, it is again the economic considerations that drive many of the decisions we make as individuals, organizations and companies. In fact, it wasn’t too long ago that some of those decisions were being made for us. Does $4-a-gallon gasoline

ring a bell? So when you hear people or organizations are going “green” — trying to become more sustainable — it is as much an economic consideration as an environmental one. And in some cases, it is really about the money: lower expenses, more efficiency and less waste. For nearly 20 years, Sustainable Florida - Collins Center has served as the premier statewide champion for sustainability. The organization has achieved a singular status throughout the state of Florida as the one entity that advocates simultaneously for economic progress and environmental stewardship to enhance social capital in communities.

Sustainable Florida works hard to:
• Identify exemplary, sustainable practices of business, government and citizen groups • Promote these practices statewide through publications, conferences and strategic communications • Actively encourage others to adopt and build upon these best practices to sustain Florida’s resources and serve as a change agent in higher education • Support an agenda that makes sustainability a cornerstone of academic practice We encourage you to join hands with us as we work to ensure our economic survivability today and a sustainable Florida for our children and the next generation tomorrow. Sign up for our free newsletter, attend a forum or conference or complete our Associate Training. There is so much we can accomplish working together.

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How’s Business?
This is not a rhetorical question. This is about survivability. The current economic situation has touched everyone — and not in a beneficial way. And if someone came up and asked, “Who wants to reduce expenses and make more money?” we’d all raise our hands. This is why it is important to understand, and have a business case for, sustainability. For most businesses, success is measured by the bottom line and sustainable profits. In the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, effectiveness is defi ned as the ability to achieve your desired result over and over again. You can run a machine at maximum capacity to produce widgets, but unless you take the time to maintain that machine, it will eventually break down. In other words, you have to take care of the goose that lays those golden eggs. The goose in this instance is our environment. Think about it. Without seafood in the ocean, there is no lobster or fi let-ofish. If sea levels rise, resorts on the coast will have water in their lobbies. Without oil, the machines shut down. When California Gov. Arnold Scwarzenegger spoke at Gov. Charlie Crist’s 2007 Serve to Preserve Florida Summit on Global Climate Change, he stated it succinctly: “Without the environment, we don’t have an economy.” So it is imperative that we understand that to have sustainable profits, we need to have a sustainable environment. From a business perspective it presents an opportunity to move society into the next revolution — away from pollution, waste and toxicity of the industrial revolution — toward clean, renewable, cradle-to-cradle processes that inspire and lighten our demand on natural resources. Environmentally, companies are expected to do more and to respect the com-

munities in which they operate. Thanks to federal regulations of the 1960s and ‘70s, companies have implemented environmental management systems, and the economics of environmental impacts are beginning to be included on the balance sheet. This has perhaps become most obvious in the green building movement. Green building principles help reduce the waste of building resources, the impact on the building site and consumption of resources during the operating life of a building; this helps the environment while helping save money up front and for the long-term of the occupant. These results are win-win-win for the developer, the owner and the community. Of course the logical step is for “green building” to become known simply as “building” as we all adopt a new paradigm. Those engaged in the “greening” of their organizations become more efficient and effective — reducing expenses, reducing waste and increasing profits. Employees expand their skill sets. Companies hire employees with specialized training in new areas and contract with groups that can help provide additional levels of service. Sustainable organizations should be more resilient in economic downturns — be able to recruit and retain employees and stakeholders of the highest moral and professional character while enhancing brand awareness by making public their commitments to more than just the bottom line. As businesses begin to adopt and to report on the triple bottom line (profit, environmental impact and social contribution) and the marketplace comes to expect — if not demand — it, we return to a common theme. One principle that binds each generation to the next is our sincere desire and hope for a better tomorrow. For the next fiscal year. For the ecosystems that support us, the flora and fauna. And perhaps most importantly, for our grandchildren and beyond.

Catch the SPaRK and Become a Sustainable Florida Associate
It is easy to see the value in operating in a more sustainable manner. But it is not that easy to figure out where to start. That is why Sustainable Florida – Collins Center created the Sustainability Made Real training program. If your organization has adopted the Sustainable Florida Standards and you are ready to help your organization or clients become more sustainable, this one-day training program offered periodically gives you the practical tools and strategies necessary to create a sustainability plan, assessment and report. Based on their book Stepby-Step Guide to Sustainability Planning, Marsha Willard and Darcy Hitchcock created SPaRK — the Sustainability Planning and Reporting Kit. More than 80 professionals, consultants, managers and directors have taken the training and are now considered Sustainable Florida Associates. Associates receive the SPaRK electronic files to help you develop your own sustainability plan, metrics and report, and the training necessary to use it. If you want to use SPaRK in your own organization, you can save the cost of an external assessor. If you're a consultant, you will have a new tool to add to your toolbox. To find out more, visit us at www.SustainableFlorida.org.

2009 Sustainable Florida Best Practice Award Winners Lead the Way
For more than 10 years, Sustainable Florida – Collins Center has honored Florida’s best practices in sustainability. Best Practice Awards, in categories from business to government, non-profit and the built environment, are a respected measure of outstanding performance in the integration of environmental, social and economic factors that are key to Florida’s long-term sustainability. At the 2009 awards ceremony at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, nearly 80 nominees were recognized and eight Best Practice Awards were presented. A blue-ribbon panel of independent judges selected a distinguished group of initiatives for recognition. The 2009 Best Practice Award winners highlighted on the following pages collectively demonstrate two key factors that impact our state’s future: waste management and environmental education.
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2009 Best Practice Award Winners:
Managing Waste – from Reduction to Recycling to Energy
In Florida, no issue seems to connect the dots of fuel, energy, air quality, land use, water, transportation and efficiency quite like what we do with our garbage. From landfi lls and garbage trucks to energy-from-waste facilities and recycling plants, there are a lot of steps in the process of managing our solid waste. Several Best Practice nominees are actively involved in reducing the amount of waste being buried in landfi lls. One example is the winner of the 2009 Sustainable Florida Partnership Best Practice Award. Lee County contracted with Covanta Energy to operate and expand the Solid Waste Resource Recovery Facility. Rather than bury municipal solid waste in landfi lls, Lee and Hendry counties use post-recycled waste as fuel to produce clean, renewable electricity. The emissions performance of the facility makes it some of the cleanest electricity in the power generation industry. With Covanta Energy, Lee County conducted a $120-million expansion to process an additional 636 tons of municipal solid waste per day. The facility is now capable of converting 1,836 tons per day into 57 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 40,000 homes and business. Changing behavior is key to moving toward a more sustainable future. Perhaps no other initiative in Florida compares to the effort by the City of North Miami in cooperation with Recycle Bank. The winner of the 2009 Sustainable Florida Innovation Award and a fi nalist in both the Government and Partnership Best Practice categories, the City of North Miami rewards residents every time they recycle. Under the city’s Green Initiatives program, homeowners register their recycling cart, where paper, plastic, glass and metals can be tossed into one bin, no sorting necessary. A sensor on the cart logs the amount, and residents are awarded points which can be redeemed for goods and services from major retailers. The city’s program dramatically increased recycling rates from an www.SustainableFlorida.org
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he Florida Department of Environmental Protection recognizes the following members of the Florida Green Lodging Program. Through voluntary participation, facilities earning Florida Green Lodging designation have chosen to reduce water and energy consumption, improve indoor air quality, decrease solid waste, and communicate their sustainable efforts to staff and guests. By implementing these environmental initiatives, Florida Green Lodging facilities are leading the state’s green hospitality movement to conserve and protect Florida’s natural resources.

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average of 20 tons per month to 128 tons per month in its fi rst month of service. In addition to recovering more material for recycling, the program is estimated to save more than $6,000 per month in landfi ll disposal fees. That North Miami project would not have been possible without the introduction of single-stream recycling by Waste Management of Florida — winner of the 2009 Large Business Best Practice Award. Waste Management is revolutionizing recycling in Florida by pioneering and expanding single-stream recycling processing in Orange County and Pembroke Pines. In 2005, Waste Management engineered, constructed and christened the first SSR (Single Stream Recycling) system in Florida at the Recycle Materials Processing Facility in Orange County. At the end of 2007, Waste Management Florida completed a year’s operation at its own facility in Pembroke Pines in South Florida. This process increases landfill diversion, promotes energy savings and conservation and increases the amount of valuable recyclables recovered: a 17% increase in the amount recycled in Orange County and 34% in South Florida.

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tion and economic development. At the City of St. Petersburg, winner of the Government Best Practice Award, Mayor Rick Baker began a quiet, yet ambitious, campaign to make St. Petersburg Florida’s greenest city. The city’s comprehensive “Green City Initiative” complemented a citizenbased community planning effort that promoted innovation in land use planning, energy conservation and alternatives, parks planning and preservation, green building and water conservation. These efforts build on the work that had already begun on water conservation and parks planning: new construction meets LEED standards; city trails promote bicycle-friendly practices; toilet replacement, rain sensor gauges and an extensive reclaimed water program achieve zero discharges into adjacent waterways, resulting in the savings of millions of gallons of water per day.

two exceptional leaders from the green building field: Drew Smith, principal of Two Trails Inc., and Mary Tappouni, president and founder of Breaking Ground Contracting in Jacksonville. Smith was recognized for his efforts in establishing the Florida Green Building Coalition. Tappouni — founder of a woman-owned business in a maleoriented industry — has made Breaking Ground a model for promoting green building through education, modeling, public relations and community service.

Sustainability Is about People, Planet and Prosperity
The 2009 Small Business Best Practice Award winner is Biological Tree Services of Sarasota. Company President Tammy Kovar is a nationally recognized expert in developing biologically-based approaches for plant and tree care. Biological Tree Services began operations in 2004, followed by Sustainable Landscape Supply in 2008. Kovar enables homeowners, architects, governments and mega-mall developers to install vibrant landscapes while reducing life cycle costs and offering an environmental stewardship ethic. Biological Tree Services focuses on using natural biological products and environmentally responsible integrated pest management practices.

Educational Outreach Leads to Change
Education and awareness efforts play an important role in the process of creating a more sustainable future, and it is exciting to see these campaigns make a measurable difference. The Non-Profit Best Practice Award winner is the Council of Neighborhood Associations of Tallahassee/Leon County and its Tallahassee Neighborhood Energy Challenge. More than 1,000 neighbors in nearly 30 neighborhoods across the region registered to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a friendly competition. The challenge combined web-based GIS mapping, sign-up, “Ways to Save” education and tracking. The neighborhood with the largest reduction of electricity and associated carbon emissions over a six-month period wins prizes and awards.

Building on Green Principles
Combining the elements of economy, environment and social equity is Green Building Best Practice Award winner Hillsborough Community College South Shore Center. The South Shore Center is the fi rst community college in Florida to achieve Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. One of the Center’s conservation features is a reflecting pool — built on a former agricultural site — that is fi lled by roof-runoff water. The runoff also is used as “gray water” for toilet flushing and for landscape irrigation. The 2009 Sustainable Florida Best Practice Leadership Award was shared by

Green Governance through Community Engagement
Several award-winning initiatives in 2009 focused on local government engaging the community in balancing land-use decisions between conserva10

In partnership with Recycle Bank, the City of Miami rewards families that recycle. The initiative earned the Sustainable Florida Innovation Award.

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Going green makes good economic sense
Because lighting can account for up to 40 percent of your monthly energy bill, upgrading to energy-efficient lighting can really save you energy and money, as well as improve light quality and help reduce maintenance costs.

During these challenging economic times, businesses are looking for more ways to positively impact their bottom line. Energy efficiency is a quick, easy and environmentally friendly way to manage energy use, which can yield big savings. Below are just some of the low-cost, energy-saving opportunities where rebates may be available for your business from Progress Energy: Indoor Lighting Upgrades: Indoor lighting upgrades can save up to 40 percent on lighting energy costs and earn a rebate of $1 to $5 per replaced fixture. Occupancy Sensors: Occupancy sensors help control lighting and are especially useful in spaces that are often left unoccupied, such as conference rooms or restrooms, and they can save up to 30 percent on lighting energy costs and earn rebates of $10 to $20 per sensor.

Heat Pump Improvements: Changing from strip heat to a heat pump or upgrading to a more efficient heat pump will conserve energy, save money and make your business more comfortable. Ceiling and Roof Insulation Upgrades: If the insulation in your building is less than R-12, you may be eligible for an upgrade. Increasing the insulation helps maintain the desired interior building temperatures while saving up to 15 percent of heating and cooling costs. The first step is a free Business Energy Check from Progress Energy, a service to identify opportunities to reduce your energy usage and costs. To schedule a free Business Energy Check, call 1.877.372.8477.

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Put Our Standards Where Your Mouth Is
Successful organizations today will succeed in the new economy when they are best able to balance their environmental impact with their corporate social responsibility — while turning a profit. Another way to capture the elements of the triple bottom is to refer to People, Planet, Prosperity. Sustainable Florida Standards can help you differentiate yourself from the pack while publicly stating your commitment to Florida’s future. Only 15% of CEOs surveyed by FLORIDA TREND magazine in mid-2008 reported that their companies publish any type of sustainability report. Implementing these standards in your business or organization is an important step you can take that will create a brighter future for us and for generations to come.
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mong the major criteria for judging the Best Practice Award nominations is the ability to replicate the project. Clearly, every nominee, finalist and winner leads by example — and others can follow their lead. Occasionally, the judges come across an individual who stands above the rest — one not only committed to creating a more sustainable Florida, but one who has made a significant impact in Florida and beyond. It is why we created the Sustainable Florida Legacy Award — and it is why Sustainable Florida presented it to Harris Rosen. Rosen’s work embodies the three principles of sustainability: economic, environmental and social. As Florida’s largest private hotelier, Rosen has built a financially successful venture without debt. At Rosen Shingle Creek, Rosen Centre and Rosen Plaza in Orlando (properties certified with the Florida Green Lodging Program’s Two Palm designation) associates and guests have an opportunity to improve the environment through energy and water conservation. Energy conservation efforts save millions of kilowatt hours and thousands of dollars. Water conservation efforts saved $170,000 in one year alone. Even cooking oil is made into bio-diesel as fuel for golf cart maintenance equipment. But it is his personal investment in the people who work for him and live in the communities where Rosen does business that sets him apart. His groundbreaking program provides hotel associates with primary healthcare at no charge. He has made millions in charitable donations, including a standing offer to pay the tuition, room and board for all students from Tangelo Park who qualify for college. Harris Rosen clearly has done well by doing good and has ensured a legacy in helping to create a Sustainable Florida.
Complete descriptions of the nominees, finalists and winners can be found at www.SustainableFlorida.org.

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State Your Values - Identify your principles and goals in a public statement. Establish an environmental ethic with criteria by which investors and others can assess the environmental performance of companies. Be Involved - Make a commitment to citizen involvement, collaborative approaches and community partnerships. Promote Stewardship - Be a leader on environmental quality and resource conservation. Meet People’s Needs - Promote opportunity, equity and improved quality of life. Manage for Sustainability - Adopt best management practices, systems and new technologies. Generate a Fair Return - Sustain your program through productivity and efficiency.

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At Mosaic, we believe sustaining the world’s food supply and our natural resources is easily within reach. Food for thought.

The Mosaic Company, Florida’s largest phosphate producer, provides farmers in America and all over the world with crop nutrients that help cultivate life-sustaining foods. But our work doesn’t stop there. Each year, we reclaim thousands of acres of previously mined lands for recreational and environmental uses and create nationally recognized wetlands and wildlife habitats. At Mosaic, committed eco-management, protection and nurturing of our natural resources isn’t just part of our business, it’s our responsibility.

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A diverse group of leaders Sustainable Florida Board of Directors Joe Kilsheimer, Chairman – Joe Kilsheimer Public Relations, Apopka serve on the Sustainable Kathy Baughman McLeod, Vice -Chair – Bryant, Miller & Olive, Tallahassee Florida - Collins Center Monica Cepero, Secretary – Broward County Government, Fort Lauderdale Board of Directors with Benjamin G. Parks, Treasurer – Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Tallahassee support from Collins Dave Tillis, Immediate Past Chairman – St. Augustine Mike Bell – Rayonier Inc., Jacksonville Center Trustees. Florette Braun – Florida Power and Light Company, Juno Beach
Tammy Brister – Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Orlando

Collins Center Trustees
Parker Thomson, Esq. Chairman, Miami Jane Collins Aurell Tallahassee Peter L. Bermont Coral Gables Betty Castor Tampa LeRoy Collins, Jr. Tampa J. Allison DeFoor, II, D. Min. Tallahassee Katherine Fernandez-Rundle, Esq. Miami Dr. Pedro Jose Greer, Jr. Miami Clarence V. McKee Coral Springs Eduardo Padron, Ph.D. Miami E. Thom Rumberger, Esq. Tallahassee

Lynette Cardoch, Ph.D. – MWH Americas, Miami Greg Chelius – Trust for Public Land, Tallahassee Karen Childress – Edison College, Bonita Springs Eric Draper – Audubon of Florida, Tallahassee Lisa Edgar – Public Service Commission, Tallahassee Michael Hewett – Publix Super Markets, Lakeland Gary Hunter – Hopping Green & Sams P.A., Tallahassee Jerry Karnas – Environmental Defense, Sarasota John Masiello – Progress Energy, Lake Mary Mary Lou Rajchel, Esq. – Florida Trucking Association, Tallahassee Erin Rosas – Rosas Farms, Citra Judy Sanchez – U.S. Sugar, Clewiston Jim Sellen – MSCW, Orlando Dreamal Worthen, Ph.D. – Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Otis Wragg, III – Wragg & Casas, Miami

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As the second largest timber real estate investment trust in the U.S., and with more than 430,000 acres of forest land in Florida, we take our environmental responsibilities very seriously. We’re proud of our long history of sustainable forestry practices and of the nearly one billion tree seedlings we’ve planted in the Southeast alone. As a past recipient of a Best Practices Award from Sustainable Florida, we salute the Council and the 2009 Best Practices Award winners for all they are doing to make Florida a better place to live and work.

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The Florida Farm Bureau Federation is the voice of the family farm in Florida. About 1/3 of our 138,000 memberfamilies identify themselves as active farmers and ranchers. The balance join to enjoy our menu of money-saving benefits, including insurance from the Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies. Our mission is twofold: to help family farms in Florida to remain profitable and to improve the quality of rural life. Our staff and volunteer leaders work together to accomplish our mission. We are proud to have the Council for Sustainable Florida as one of our partners.

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