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Community Plan Implementation Plan

Implementation Plan

The intention of Sustainable Kingston is to educate, motivate and support partner organizations and citizens in establishing, implementing and achieving their sustainability goals in support of community sustainability in Kingston.

Partner organizations will then implement the Plan by using the pillars, theme statements and goals as guides in the development and establishment of their sustainability priorities. Sustainable Kingston does not set specific actions for targets within goals or theme areas. Actions are the responsibility and agency of participating Community Partners (including the City of Kingston) and individuals.

Implementation of the Sustainable Kingston Plan is predominantly associated with raising awareness of community sustainability and enabling Community Partners to achieve their goals in support of communtiy sustainabilty in Kingston. Implementation of the Sustainable Kingston Plan will be composed of the following main areas of activity:

  • Creation of a community-based Sustainable Kingston Organization and an associated governance structure
  • Raising awareness of community sustainability issues and the Sustainable Kingston Plan
  • Soliciting participation in the Sustainable Kingston Plan from partner organizations and from individual citizens
  • Publishing of an annual community sustainability report (or State of Sustainability Report) including the indicators contained within the Sustainable Kingston Plan
  • Organization and hosting of an annual or bi-annual community sustainability conference

The resources required to undertake the implementation of the Sustainable Kingston Plan will ideally come from a diverse range of sources within our community

Once in place, the Sustainable Kingston Organization will work on further developing the implementation priorities identified during stakeholder and public consultation:

  • Supporting the Governance Structure
  • Funding
  • Setting up office space and equipment
  • Partner Recruitment and Coordination
  • Citizen Participation
  • Communication and engagement
  • Public education and case studies
  • Monitoring and Reporting
  • Annual conference
  • Recognition and awards program

The Community Action Inventory featured on this website (Sustainable Kingston Website) contains actions contributed by a diversity of Community Partners who understand how their work contributes to the sustainability of Kingston. Collection of these actions will be ongoing. Please visit the Themes, Goals & Action section for more information about what our community partners are doing now and in the future that will help us attain our vision: Kingston - Canada's Most Sustainable City.

The Sustainable Kingston Plan contains a number of indicators that speak to the progress of work towards the 20 theme statements, and their associated goals. Ultimately, when achievable targets have been set for these indicators, Sustainable Kingston will be able to frame an annual community sustainability report for Kingston.

It is the contributions of our Community Partners, including the citizens of Kingston, marking their actions now and in the future that will help us attain our goal – a sustainable community.