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Alice Ferguson Foundation Experience, Education & Action. Presentation to the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable April 25, 2006. Trash Free Potomac Initiative. Presentation Overview. Background of AFF and Potomac Cleanup Getting Beyond Cleanups – Overview of Initiative How SWRR Can Help!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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TRASH FREE BY 2013!
Alice Ferguson Foundation
Experience, Education & ActionPresentation to the
Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable
April 25, 2006
TRASH FREE BY 2013!
Trash Free Potomac Initiative
• Background of AFF and Potomac Cleanup
• Getting Beyond Cleanups – Overview of Initiative
• How SWRR Can Help!
Presentation Overview
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Where is the Alice Ferguson Foundation?
•Hard Bargain Farm – 330-acre education facility along the Potomac
•Ten-miles south of Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Accokeek, Maryland – PG County
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Alice Ferguson Foundation – a regional treasure
• Alice and Henry Ferguson purchased Hard Bargain Farm in 1922
• Nonprofit chartered in 1954 as an education organization.
• AFF mission is to provide experiences that encourage connections between people, the natural environment, farming and the cultural heritage of the Potomac River Watershed - that lead to personal environmental responsibility
TRASH FREE BY 2013! Alice Ferguson Foundation Experience, Education & Action
Education Programs
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Potomac River Watershed Cleanup
• The cleanup began in 1989 when the Alice Ferguson Foundation wanted to clean the Hard Bargain Farm and the Piscataway Park shoreline.
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Why AFF Cares About Trash
Potomac Shoreline at Hard Bargain Farm
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Potomac Watershed
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Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanups
• 1,240 Tons (2,480,000 lbs.) of trash• 36,000 Volunteers • Hundreds of Partners in four states & DC
17 Year Grand Total 1989 to 2005
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Cleanup Grows & Expands Each Year
Potomac Watershed Cleanup History
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After 18 Years of Cleanups…
We Want a Trash Free Potomac!
•We want out of the Trash Business!
•Let’s get to the source!
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How Do We Get to a
Trash Free Potomac
by 2013?
Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative
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Adopt a Successful Model
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Anti-Smoking – A Multifaceted Approach
•Public Education & Awareness
•Research
•Legislation & Enforcement
•Economic Incentives & Economic Incentives & DisincentivesDisincentives
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Trash Free Potomac Framework
Alice Ferguson Foundation
Advisory Council
Research and
Management
Public Education
andAwareness
Future EconomyOf Trash
The New Rulesof Trash:
Legislation & Enforcement
Make It Happen:
Monitoring and Evaluation
5 Action Committees
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Advisory Council
Congressman Chris Van Hollen signing Trash Treaty
– February 2006
• Chaired by the Honorable Chris Van Hollen
• 2 Congressman serving Anacostia River• 2 federal agencies focused on the
Anacostia• 3 Chiefs of Staff to DC/PG and
Montgomery• Funder – Chesapeake Bay Trust Director• COG Environmental Programs Director• AWS - Robert Boone• Media – WTOP General Manager
High profile leaders driving the effort
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Potomac Watershed Trash Treaty
• 23 elected officials have currently signed (Federal, State and Local)
• Representing 16 major jurisdictions in Metropolitan Area Frederick County Supervisors
sign Trash Treaty - March 2006
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1st Annual Trash SummitHosted by The World Bank
March 16, 2006
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265 participants • Federal, state & local
leaders • Business leaders• Non-profit leaders • Media • Concerned citizens • Students
1st Annual Trash Summit
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1st Annual Trash Summit16 elected officials committed to the
2006 Action Agreement!
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2006 Action AgreementHighlights:• Map trash “hot-spots” • Trash Indicators &
Monitoring • Regional public education
campaign• Regional policies to
address illegal dumping & enforcement
Judith Davis, Mayor of Greenbelt, MD signs the 2006 Action Agreement
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18th Potomac Watershed Cleanup•4,000 + volunteers•145 + tons of trash•73,000 + recyclable containers•Top brands reported:
•Budweiser/Bud lite•7-11•Coca-Cola•McDonalds •Pepsi
Congressman Steny Hoyer pitches in at the 18th Potomac Watershed Cleanup,
April 8, 2006!
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Bringing Attention to Trash!
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Partners Taking Action• Metropolitan Washington Council of
Governments – Trash Questionnaire – 1-800-Trash Hotline to report dumping
• 2 Companies – LMI and Strategic Analysis– Professional scientists support data analysis – Trash flows simulation model
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Governments Taking Action
•District of Columbia – Listing the Anacostia River as “Impaired” for trash
•State of Maryland – Considering listing the Anacostia as “Impaired” for trash
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We Have Made Progress!1) Acknowledgment that trash is an issue!
2) Created framework for multi-jurisdictional collaboration!
3) Garnered Political Will!
4) Developed process for accountability!
5) Engaged thousands in Citizen Action!
6) Brought Greater Awareness!
7) Creative Partnering and Leveraging of Resources!
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Opportunities Ahead•Enlist Citizens and
Businesses
Actions:•Create infrastructure to capture and engage citizens •Collaborate with businesses on public education
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Opportunities Ahead•Regional Public Education
Campaign
Actions:•Target audiences and develop messages and methods•Incorporate innovative communication techniques – “viral marketing”•Leverage resources of region to support effort
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Opportunities Ahead
Actions: •Facilitate collaboration among key departments•Implement unified policies
•Unified Regional Public Policy and Practice
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Opportunities Ahead•Economics of Trash &
Recycling
Actions:•Examine real cost of trash and recycling •Economic-based Models of trash reduction strategies •Use business plan framework
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Opportunities Ahead•Research – Applied Data &
Analysis
Actions:•Gather key data and research•Develop framework and models for analysis – including simulation model•Incorporate cost benefit analysis
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Opportunities Ahead• Improved Water Quality
through Trash!
Consider what happened in Los Angeles: •Public overwhelmingly supported passage of Proposition O in Nov. 2004•Resulted in issuance of $500 million bond to fund removal of trash from storm water – in addition to other water quality measures
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Immediate Possibility
SWRR collaborates with TFPWI to develop & report on Trash Indicators for Potomac
Watershed as national pilot!
•Identify and develop manageable number of indicators for trash – start with three indicators
•SWRR coordinates annual report on the trash data
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We are Ready for Your Help!
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…with many opportunities ahead