sustainable landscaping water and pesticides

This section provides an overview of some representative projects we have conducted relating to clean air. Using the annotated alphabetical list below, you can select project summaries, and/or link directly to some examples of our work. If you prefer, you can also select projects by service or area of focus

Best Practices in Reducing the Cosmetic Use of Pesticides on Residential Property Researched the relative effectiveness of outreach approaches being used in Canada, USA and Europe for reducing the cosmetic use of pesticides on residential property, both with and without legislative intervention (e.g. pesticide by-laws.)

Community-Based Social Marketing Tool Kit Developed, tested and disseminated practical information on community-based social marketing tools for promoting environmental citizenship, including seven full case studies on water efficiency and pesticide reduction.

Green Communities Served as a social marketing advisor and trainer, developed a social marketing toolkit for use by the communities, and provided ongoing planning and implementation assistance. Sustainable landscaping was one of the topics covered. We also conducted the initial public research and strategy recommendations for the Green Community Association's new well stewardship program.

Pesticide Reduction Outreach Round Table Cullbridge co-sponsored, helped organize, and presented a session at a forum on public education strategies to encourage active, pesticide-free gardening, in collaboration with Go For Green's Gardening for Life program.

Sustainable Community Planning Developed a national strategy for our client to use, in cooperation with its partners, to engage consumers in adopting more sustainable community planning alternatives. Five product concepts were tested, and strategic directions for each were recommended. One of the products focused entirely on sustainable landscaping.

Tools of Change Web site Founded on the principles of community-based social marketing, this site links a growing bank of case studies and ‘lessons learned’ with planning guides and worksheets, to help program planners and implementers learn more quickly from their collective experience. It highlights approaches that have been particularly successful so that they can be replicated and built upon, as well as "turnkey" programs that have been ‘pre-packaged’ for use by others. The site is full of examples that are presented to each user in a customized manner, according to his or her interest profile. Users can save their planning work between sessions, and can download the resulting draft plans and work summaries to common word processors for further refinement. The site currently hosts eight full case studies focusing on sustainable landscaping issues.

U.N. Biodiversity Clearinghouse Mechanism Developed the inaugural strategic plan for the global Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) operated by the United Nations Environment Program's Convention on Biological Diversity, and conducted an independent evaluation of its Pilot Phase.


Workshops
In collaboration with the Tools of Change Educational Institute, Cullbridge offers popular talks and workshops on planning and evaluating social marketing programs that promote sustainable landscaping. More ...
Tools of Change
	Workbook: Includes three full-length case studies on pesticide reduction programs and lawn watering . View or order it on-line from Renouf Publishing. After entering the bookstore, use the Search button at the top to search for the title 'Tools of Change'. Website: Includes and a dozen full-length case studies on reducing the cosmetic use of pesticides, and a dozen on reducing landscape watering. www.toolsofchange.com
Outreach Best Practices
Why re-invent the wheel? One of the best ways of giving your program a head start, is to begin with best practice research or benchmarking. Cullbridge is routinely carrying out this sort of research so we are set up to do it cost-effectively; we may already have found and documented many of the best programs in your area of interest. We have on-file recent best practice reviews covering outreach programs in the following topic areas: Pesticide reduction Water conservation / efficiency
Highlights
United Nations Environment Program

Cullbridge developed the inaugural strategic plan for the global Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) operated by the United Nations Environment Program's Convention on Biological Diversity, and conducted an independent evaluation of its Pilot Phase.
Well Aware
	We conducted the initial public research and strategy recommendations for the Green Community Association's new well stewardship program.
Pesticide Reduction Outreach Round Table
	Cullbridge co-sponsored, helped organize, and presented a session at a forum on public education strategies to encourage active, pesticide-free gardening.
Pesticide Reduction Best Practices
	We researched the relative effectiveness of outreach approaches being used in Canada, USA and Europe for reducing the cosmetic use of pesticides on residential property.