| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 39.47 |
| Liaison | Kirk Hemphill |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Florida Institute of Technology
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 3.00 |
Ken
Lindeman Professor, Sustainability Studies Ocean Engineering & Marine Sciences |
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1st Partnership
Assessment of Lagoon Friendly Lawn Program and it's Nutrient Reduction Impacts
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus?:
The partnership simultaneously supports social equity and wellbeing, economic prosperity, and ecological health
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
No
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above:
- After recent fish-kills from harmful algal blooms, one of the largest local environmental organizations, Keep Brevard Beautiful (KBB), created a new lawn certification program (Lagoon Friendly Lawns at http://keepbrevardbeautiful.org/our-programs/lagoon-friendly-lawns) to reduce fertilizer run-off into our local estuaries.
- To identify the potential impacts of this program on multiple complex nutrient loading issues, KBB has partnered with FIT to deploy sustainability students on this project as a part of their annual research projects. Students are working directly with KBB staff to develop a variety of methodologies to estimate the effects of the certification program on reducing the load of Nitrogen and Phosphorus into local watersheds.
- This is envisioned as a several year project due to the complexity of the technical issues and the need for multi-year data. The project supports ecological, social and economic capital as our local estuary (which supports thousands of multi-generational families and businesses) has recently collapsed with large negative impacts to the local economy and social well-being (lost fishing opportunities - a hundred-million dollar annual activity here, heavily linked to traditional family fishing experiences). KBB's certification approach is novel and involves the use of a demand side, market-based tool to protect our estuaries and the socio-economic resources they support. Our partnership offers the only current approach to assessing the actual impacts of the project as is and to recommend revisions to better achieve long term project goals.
2nd Partnership
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (2nd partnership) (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (2nd partnership):
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3rd Partnership
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (3rd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (3rd partnership) (Yes, No, or Unknown):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (3rd partnership):
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