2019-05-07 P&E Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Sustainability Institute - Concepts and Options Report

Contents
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................ ii
Executive summary ........................................................................................................ iii
1         Introduction ...........................................................................................................6
          1.1        Benefits to Noosa ......................................................................................7
2         Research Methods ................................................................................................8
          2.1        Project Stages ...........................................................................................8
          2.2        Assessment of Existing Sustainability Institutes ........................................8
          2.3        Interviews with Selected Community Members and Council Staff ............8
3         Research Findings ..............................................................................................10
          3.1        Assessment of information from desk top research on Selected Existing
                     Institutes .................................................................................................10
          3.2        Feedback from Community Interviews and Council Staff Meeting ..........30
          3.3        Summary of factors most important or useful for the Noosa Institute ......31
4         Institute Structure Options ..................................................................................40
          4.1        Institute Model 1. .....................................................................................40
          4.2        Institute Model 2. .....................................................................................42
          4.3        Institute Model 3. .....................................................................................44
          4.4        Summary of Features of Different Noosa Institute Model Options ..........47
5         Conclusions and Recommendations...................................................................49
          5.1        Summary.................................................................................................49
          5.2        Conclusions ............................................................................................50
          5.3        Items for consideration ............................................................................50
          5.4        Potential Activities for a Stage 2 of the Institute Development ................51




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