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How the Network Works

Through the Sustainable States Network, members learn, share successes, support each other, and access resources to enhance their state and regional programs while addressing challenges.

As a peer-learning network focused on making sustainability the norm, we focus on:

Driving collective impact

- Mobilizing action across hundreds of cities

- Collaborating on shared projects to increase the impact of individual programs

Centering equity and shared learning

- Prioritizing social equity in our work

- Fostering new areas of sustainable development practice

Providing tools and visibility

- Developing shared tools and resources for local governments

- Sharing evaluation tools to accelerate success

- Creating visibility and a unified voice for municipally-focused work and impact

- Educating funders and national policy makers

Network Priorities

- Program excellence

- Climate and energy

- Equity