Community Involvement in the Adoption of New Approaches in Environmental Protection
Presented by: Jori Copeland, Office of Water, Leslie Leahy, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Susan McDowell, Region 3, and Angela Nugent, Science Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Panelists will discuss the developments resulting from David Gershon’s opening keynote presentation on the Sustainable Lifestyle Campaign (SLC) at last year’s Community Involvement Conference in San Francisco. The SLC, a program adopted by eight localities across the nation, is a delivery system that empowers individuals to choose environmentally friendly behaviors. The session will begin with an introduction of SLC and how SLC helps EPA reach its goals. Next, a summary will be presented about how the SLC began in Philadelphia and its current status. This will be followed by a discussion of the need for EPA to adopt innovative approaches like the SLC and a presentation of the activities of the Environmental Behavior Change Workgroup to integrate EPA’s program goals into the SLC. The session concludes with a facilitated discussion of panelists and participants.

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