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The Commuter Toolkit

Portland Ambassadors Best Practices Trip to Scandinavia June 14-21, 2008

Pacific Northwest Urban Sustainability Tours

Less than 10% Waste

Public Spaces/Public Life Study

The Good City: Visions of Urban Sustainability

Bicycle Barometer

i-sustain (I-S) is the website for two synergistic organizations with the shared mission of helping cities to use substantially less resources while improving the well-being of its citizens. The International Sustainability Institute (ISI), a 501-C3 non-profit, brings leaders from public, private and academic sectors together to implement superior urban strategies in their own cities. International Sustainable Solutions (ISS), a for profit corporation, inspires urban leaders about global best practices in sustainability by taking them to cities throughout the world that provide exceptional and replicable examples. ISS and ISI each have their own dedicated sections and content within this website, but share a common Resource Center, Photo Gallery and Contact Info.

Pacific Northwest Urban Sustainability Tours

We lead Sustainability Study Tours of the Pacific Northwest bioregion for groups of 10 or more. Major cities include Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, BC; however we also go to smaller cities of interest, and even forestry, farm and wine regions. We see excellent examples of high performance buildings, public transit, recycling, neighborhood activism, habitat restoration, natural stormwater management, farmers markets, local organic farms, wineries and ecologically certified forests. We also meet the people and hear about the policies that make the region such a great example of sustainability.
Mount Rainier from Seattle

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Public Spaces/Public Life Study

The Institute has brought together a team including urban quality consultants, Gehl Architects of Copenhagen, Denmark, the City of Seattle, the University of Washington and the Scan Design Foundation to work together improve the quality of public spaces in Seattle, and to integrate the methodology developed by Gehl Architects into urban planning courses at the University of Washington.

"A good city is like a good party; people stay longer than they intended". ~ Jan Gehl