Columbia LOTEC Capstone Sustainability Management Midterm Presentation
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Columbia LOTEC Capstone Sustainability Management Midterm Presentation
- 1. Living on the edge Midterm briefing Living on the edge Capstone Midterm Briefing, March 12th, 2013 MS Sustainability Management Columbia University in the City of New York Saami Sabiti, Adriana Kliegman, Melissa Boo, Steve Burke, Melisa Pernalete Esperanza Garcia, Derrek Clarke, Floren Poliseo, Joseph Persaud Henry Gordon-Smith (PM), Challey Comer (DM) Faculty Advisor: Lynnette Widder
- 2. Isla Urbana Location: Mexico City Normative: Insufficient infrastructure, purchased water Alternative: Rainwater catchment and filtration Sistema Biobolsa Location: Puebla and Mexico City Periphery Normative: Synthetic fertilizers, deforestation Alternative: Biodigester to provide methane and compost Yansa Location: Ixtapec, Oaxaca Normative: Subsistence, dispossession Alternative: Community wind, autonomy Client Profiles
- 3. “Fostering community development and environmental sustainability, ensuring that the transition to renewable energy is equitable, safe and just.” Yansa
- 4. “Catalyzing the rainwater harvesting revolution to secure families’ water future” Isla Urbana
- 5. Sistema Biobolsa “One piece of a larger movement towards global sustainability, biodiversity, and social equity”
- 6. Mission Assist three entrepreneurial NGO’s in Mexico to empower transitioning peri-urban communities through the appropriate use of sustainable alternative technologies.
- 7. Business models Resource conditions Funding options Cohorts Scale of operation Regulatory environment Technology Client Analysis/ Key Differences
- 8. Client Analysis/ Key Similarities Social mission Carbon neutral technologies Peri-urban project areas Vulnerable communities Weak government support Infrastructure development Systems integration First mover advantage Market strength of alternatives
- 10. Client Analysis/ Key Similarities Social mission Carbon neutral technologies Peri-urban project areas Vulnerable communities Weak government support Infrastructure development Systems integration First mover advantage Market strength of alternatives
- 11. 5 mi 4 mi 3 mi 2 mi 1 mi Quantification issues
- 12. Client Analysis/ Key Similarities Social mission Carbon neutral technologies Peri-urban project areas Vulnerable communities Weak government support Infrastructure development Systems integration First mover advantage Market strength of alternatives
- 14. Client Analysis/ Key Similarities Social mission Carbon neutral technologies Peri-urban project areas Vulnerable communities Weak government support Infrastructure development Systems integration First mover advantage Market strength of alternatives
- 18. Three Unique Needs Social Value Measurement: Yansa Scalability: Isla Urbana Normalization: Sistema Biobolsa
Notes de l'éditeur
- Opening:Welcome to the “living on the edge” midterm capstone briefing. My name is Saami Sabiti and I’ll be representing the group. Our faculty advisor is Lynette Widder and our project begins with 3 client organisations working in Mexico. Each working within the urban periphery…(NEXT SLIDE)
- …And each are making serious long-term interventions in their communities with a series of alternatives to the normative conditions in Mexico. This means the introduction of new or old technologies to meet certain basic needs, like potable water, energy for cooking, organic compost for food production and community infrastructure. So who are the clients and what do they do? (NEXT SLIDE)
- Yansa is partnering with the Zapotec community of Ixtepec to develop a 100MW COWF.They’re operating in a region of Mexico that enjoys perfect conditions for wind power development—said to be 2nd best in the worldYansa provides the technology, capital, training and the management structure for the project and plan to use energy revenues to fund community-led initiatives.They are working to make sure that renewable energy production empowers communities and generates positive social change--essentially putting people before profits.(NEXT SLIDE)
- IU design, build and install rainwater harvesting collection systems for low income peri-urban communities in Mexico City.They teach rainwater harvesting courses,Host and participate in community events,And are dedicated to making Mexico City’s water management policy sustainable.They do all this working household by household--ensuring decentralized water security--in a place known to have serious water scarcity issues.(NEXT SLIDE)
- Sistema Biobolsa provides small-scale farmers and families with biodigesters for fertilizer and methane gas for cooking. They design, build and services the systems they sell. And they work with micro-finance experts at Kiva to make sure farmers are able to afford the system.(NEXT SLIDE)
- So these 3 entrepreneurs and the places they work really defined our basic mission.(NEXT SLIDE)
- We began by looking at the most important characteristics of each client….and found that there we’re several key differences--ranging from their scale of operation to the structure of their social networks. For example, Yansa’s business model is driven by a community benefit scheme that brings revenue into the community while Sistema Biobolsa’s business model is driven by an education program that facilitates technology adoption. But, it was when we stared mapping the similarities, that things started to get a little more interesting--because we knew that our real objective was to locate the synergies. (NEXT SLIDE)
- Some of these are what you might identifying as either strengths, weaknesses, opportunities or threats that each of them share.For example, they’re all operating under frequent changes in land use from things like new housing orthe constant relocation of economic activities,new transport and communication configurations. All part of what it means to be living and working at a point where the urban and rural come together. So these items helped us categorize things into areas of research. (NEXT SLIDE)
- The first research area related to spatial questions…(NEXT SLIDE)
- …like whether or not it was possible to map informal development patterns in Ajusco where Isla Urbana operate. (NEXT SLIDE)
- We also identified questions about metrics and social impact. (NEXT SLIDE)
- …like how much time spent walking could be saved from having local decentralized access to water? And, what could existing frameworks—like the MDGs or the Social Return on Investment Network, teach us and our partners about going beyond just measuring and tracking social innovation.(NEXT SLIDE)
- We also decided that communications should be made into an area for research…(NEXT SLIDE)
- …Partly, because of the things on this list but also because every organization needs to manage communications and our partners already are. (NEXT SLIDE)
- MethodologySo that’s how we approached our methodology.Our Project Control Plan looks like this…three groups—and each group responsible for gathering research relevant in one area but for all three clients….and everything going into a shared archive.We knew that if we split into groups based on the clients—we’d segregate the body of knowledge and hide all the synergies we were looking for. (NEXT SLIDE)
- So we rejected that method and created a portal…(NEXT SLIDE)
- And produced 9 research modules……Until it was clear what the needs were.(NEXT SLIDE)
- It comes down to 3 needs, one for each client:Yansa needs to measure and track the social impact of their project but they also intend for it to drive social innovation in Ixtapec. Isla Urbana need to ensure the right distribution of RWH systems in Mexico city.Sistema Biobolsa need to make their technology part of everyday life for at least the estimated 1.5 million potential users within Mexico(NEXT SLIDE)
- Timeline: Now, we’re splitting in to three new groups to develop a deliverable for each client—tools that are responsive to the needs we’ve identified.Post midterm we’ll be developing and testing. And working with our clients to put together a open platform or toolbox. (NEXT SLIDE)
- Deliverables:We’re planning a map tool for IU that will demonstrate the value of more decentralized RWH systems.For SB, we think a technology-agnostic, people-centered story tool could help generate a normalizing effect.And, we plan to develop a tool for the COWF project capable of taking into account a wide range of metrics and indicators related to community development.(FINAL SLIDE/ QUESTIONS NEXT)
- Q & A