SOE2010.ConnectingPeople

 A. Natural Area Recreation in the Triangle: [|Natural Area Recreation 4-12-10.docx] B. Parks Distribution: [|ParksDistributionEditedAC.docx] C. Participation, Economics page-- LF A. Environmental Education Centers in the Triangle: [|Environmental Education Programs- 4-12-10.docx] B. Community colleges--low priority C. State Curriculum--low priority A. Leed certified buildings [|Green Buildings.docx] B. Transportation Choices: [|TransportationEditedAC.docx] C. Waste and Recycling Practices throughout the Triangle: [|Household Waste Disposal Practices 4-9-10.docx]
 * Connecting People with Nature**
 * Charts and graphs template page[[file:charts and graphs templates.docx]]**
 * Pages Ready for External Review:**
 * 1. Introduction:** [|Introduction_Formatted.docx]
 * 2. Parks and Nature Recreation**
 * 3. Environmental Education**
 * 4. Environmental Choices**
 * 5. Appendix**
 * [|List of Parks NEW.xlsx]
 * [|Trails- Hiking.xlsx]
 * [|Trails- Biking.xlsx]
 * [|Greenways.xlsx]
 * [|LargeSmallBuffers2.jpg]
 * [|Distribution_of_Parks_Total.jpg]
 * [|Fishing:][|Wildlife Resources CommissionImages.docx]

**Edits:** jessica's edits combined with steve's:



George comments 4/8 Introduction Natural Area Rec Park Distribution Environmental Ed Centers Environmental Choices
 * I like the way it begins. And in response to Jessica's comment about whether ecosystem services belongs here, I actually think it's a good place for it - it's an important part of how we're trying to get people to udnerstand their connection with nature - that's kind of what the concept was invented to do, and then further to put a $ value on it so that it can be included in budget calculations.
 * Not sure of the point made by the maintenance costs here. Also, what is passive recreation in this context, and why is it so expensive?
 * All the bullet lists ... what are we trying to say with them?
 * Indicator name is "Amount of Park Land" or something like that
 * UNLESS ... Is this all park land, including ballfields and such? or just the natural areas as we've defined them?
 * Numbers need checking - 36% no way - parks per person graph is not right - that must be per 1000
 * parks per county graph - get rid of the numbrs on the bars; show y-axis in thousands of acres, no decimals; create a separate table withe the numbers; what year is tis for?
 * Conclusions - based on what standard due way say there's very little park per person? These conclusions go beyond anything we've shown in the data.
 * Reformat to standard (What is this? Why is it important? ...)
 * Level of service items might work in the Amount of Park Land section and allow you to say that the amount of parkland in Triangle is below acceptable levels of service
 * Honestly, I'd remove the racial/ethnic element at this point - we have to be super-confident that we've done it exactly right to put that out there - a very touchy subject - and, for example, you should be using blocks for race, not block groups - let's just do overall proximity for this first round and talk about the other issues (access, equity) in the limitations and further research section
 * Reformat
 * Have had offline discussion with Leah on this - Env Ed Centers is a good focus; community colleges and state curricula are very low priority for now
 * Green Buildings - this is nice - I like the idea of the LEED buildings - is the graph the number of buildings that have actually been certified, or that have attempted or are in process - kind of confusing language. Also, graph is too complex - eliminate all the lines except the two trend lines, and put markers on the actual data points - I do like jointly showing # new and total (but in a few years, there will need to be two y-axes because total will dwarf new). Under "why is this important?" you never really say why it's important - you describe the programs (should be under "What is this?") and highlight results (should be under "What does this measures show?").
 * Transport Choices - like the concept - need to format - Indicator name is "Vehicle Miles Travelled" - like the journey to work graph. The DVMT graph is not as useful - would be better to have Triangle DVMT through time than broken down by county. We're trying to build a regional identity, plus I'm pretty sure there are trend data out there - these data have been collected for quite a while.
 * Waste - not sure this is ready for prime time - we'd really need regional data, not national data, for this to be a good indicator - are there no regional data on trash, recycling, etc? I like the waste disposal table, but am having trouble seeing how we'd look at that through time and say things are getting better or not. If we go from 12 recycle centers to 20, does that mean anything has really improved? I guess it does at some level - maybe making it easier for people to access - but the tons trashed and recycled (per capita) really tell the story.

= = =Note: documents with 'simple' in their name are the template-free ones. There are Nine documents in the report, plus a few in the Appendix to review.= A. Natural Area Recreation in the Triangle: [|Natural Area REC.docx], [|Natural Area Recreation- Simple.docx] B. Parks Distribution [|ParksDistributionSimple.docx] C. participation, economics page-- LF A. Environmental Education Centers in the Triangle: [|Environmental Education Centers.docx], [|Environmental Education Programs- Simple.docx] B. Community colleges [|cc edu CPN.docx] [|SOE CC Simple.docx] C. State Curriculum [|state edu CPN.docx] [|SOE State Simple.docx] A. Leed certified buildings [|green build CPN.docx] [|SOE Green Simple.docx] B. Transportation Choices [|TransportationSimple.docx] C. Waste and Recycling Practices throughout the Triangle: [|Household Waste Disposal Practice.docx], [|Household Waste Disposal Practices- Simple.docx]
 * 1. Introduction** [|IntroductionSimple.docx]
 * 2. Parks and Nature Recreation**
 * 3. Environmental Education**
 * 4. Environmental Choices**
 * 5. Appendix--Please review**
 * [|LargeSmallBuffers2.jpg]
 * [|Distribution_of_Parks_Total.jpg]
 * [|Fishing:][|Wildlife Resources CommissionImages.docx]

Steve's edits: [|TransportationSAedits.docx] [|IntroductionSAedits.docx]


 * [[file:green build CPNSAedits.docx]]







Connecting with nature preliminary results and documents we are including:** 1. Resources: From eenorthcarolina.org: [|Hiking and Biking_CapeFear.docx] **,** [|Hiking and Biking_Neuse.docx]

[|BoatAccess.jpg]

, [|Paddling_CapeFear.docx], [|Paddling_Neuse.docx] [|Carrboro/Chapel Hill Bikemap-2003.pdf] [|chatham county TRAILS (1).pdf]

2. Distribution: [|New Results.docx]

3. Participation [|Copy of Forests_Data.xls] Documents from TLC: [|Environmental Education Centers.doc] [|All_Schools_Served_By_EE_Ctrs_draft_fnl2.pdf] [|EE_Centers_IF_Service_Areas_draft_fnl2.pdf] [|Schools_Served_By_EE_Ctrs_With_Indoor_Facilities_draft_fnl.pdf] [|Schools_Served_By_EE_Ctrs_Without_Indoor_Facilities_draft_Fn.pdf]
 * Environmental Education**

[|VMT and Journey to Work.docx]
 * Environmental Choices**