Institute For Eco-Municipality Education & Assistance Sarah James and Torbjörn Lahti have conducted ecomunicipality and Natural Step workshops, trainings, and presentations together since 2004. Workshops and presentations they gave in Ashland, WI, Madison, WI, Minneapolis, MN, Vandergrift, PA, and Philadelphia, PA, inspired and motivated ecomunicipality initiatives that have emerged in the Chequamegon Bay region of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Duluth, MN, Vandergrift, PA, and Lawrence Township, NJ. In 2007 and 2008, they led a five-day training sponsored by the Tufts University Department of Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning, the American Planning Association’s Environment, Natural Resources, & Energy Division, and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association, bringing together sustainability practitioners from around the country to learn how to design and lead local ecomunicipality processes to become a sustainable community. They are currently working with a Mexican national agency to "mainstream sustainable development" in an initiative sponsored by the World Bank.
The following is a list of municipal clients for whom Sarah James or Torbjörn Lahti have led or co-led either TNS and ecomunicipality trainings, and/or bottom-up, participatory planning processes similar to the bottom-up ecomunicipality strategy. Their combined 40+ years of experience includes work with almost 200 municipalities.
Sarah JamesHanover, NH Other municipal clients include:Town of Charlestown, NH |
Torbjörn LahtiSmedjebacken |
Kungsör Sundbyberg Solna Nacka Huddinge Nynäshamn Trosa Linköping Hjo Skara Götene Karlsborg Örebro Karlskona Mjölby Göteborg Lysekil Tanum Arvika Storfors Borlänge Falun Orsa Leksand Svenlsjunga |