A draft report on Lopez Island 2025 is ready for review

The culmination of a Monterey Institute of International Studies class titled “Islands and Sustainability” is a 100-page report called “Lopez Island 2025: Sustainable Transformation for Resilience”.

Lopez Island population age distribution according to the 2010 US census. This graph is a nugget of informative findings from the 100 page report “Lopez Island 2025: Sustainable Transformation towards Resiliency” by a group of Monterey Institute of International Studies students.

This hefty report is the fruit of labor of 11 graduate students who took the 4-month-long class, taught mostly via teleconference by Lopez residents Chris and Chom Greacen. Nine of the students also came to visit Lopez Island and met with community members to learn various aspects of island life, from transportation, agriculture, energy use to waste generation.

The report presents an overview of the current practices in several of the island’s key systems, highlights some potential risk areas for the island and then suggests potential solutions to help Lopezians bring about sustainable transformations for resilience. It contains informative data such as those shown in the population age distribution chart.

Lopez community members are invited to review the report and provide feedback. The report will go into the final editing process and will be formatted for online publication next month. The draft report is available for download by clicking here (PDF format, 15MB).

Lopez Island and Sustainability Survey

We'd love to have as many people on Lopez as we can get to fill out the survey about water, energy and food consumption on the island, put out by a group of graduate students from Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) who are writing an exciting report about Lopez island and its possible futures. See the students' message below.

Paper copies of the survey will also be available at the Lopez Library. We'll also have a drop box there for you to return the completed survey.

The deadline for getting back the responses is May 1. To go to the survey, click here (http://tinyurl.com/d3ksvcf ). Thank you so much for your time and participation.

To learn more about the class "Islands and Sustainability" and what it has generated so far (lots of great ideas were generated during the March 22 Lopez Sustainability Collaborative Fest!), please read the previous postings on this blog or visit:

http://blogs.miis.edu/resilientcommunities/

---------Message from the MIIS students--------------

Hello, and thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey. We are a group of 11 graduate students at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) who, along with Lopez residents Chris and Chom Greacen, are studying energy and resource consumption on Lopez Island, and exploring options for Lopez Island to achieve greater energy and resource independence and sustainability by 2025. Your answers will improve our understanding of energy and resource consumption and other issues of concern to Lopez Island residents.

Please click on the link below to go to the online survey or go to: http://tinyurl.com/d3ksvcf

"Island and Sustainability" class survey

The survey is designed for households, just like the U.S. Census. Please, only one survey response per household.

Your individual responses will be confidential. Your name and contact information will not be recorded unless you choose to do so. The link above will also provide more information on the class project, or if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Chris and Chom, who are leading the research project. They can be reached by email at: chrisgreacen@gmail.com and chomsgreacen@gmail.com

Thank you again for your time and thoughtful responses to our survey.

Sincerely,
The MIIS graduate student research team.