Why State-Level Programs Succeed

We provide valuable experience, best practices, and tools so communities don’t have to go it alone in their work to implement sustainable practices. Resources were developed across communities and programs. Members have the opportunity to learn from each other and skip the challenging learning curve that others have gone through.

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

• Realizing collective impact by mobilizing action by hundreds of cities

• Centering social equity in our work

• Collaborating on shared projects to increase program impact 

• Developing shared tools and resources for local governments

• Sharing evaluation tools to accelerate success

• Developing new areas of sustainable development practice

• Creating visibility and a shared voice for the value of municipally-focused work and impact

• Educating funders and national policymakers