EMS and Climate Friendly Parks Pacific West Region

1. EMS and Climate Friendly Parks Pacific West Region

2. EMS is going beyond compliance to sustainability • EMS is atool to reduce impacts • EMS is the framework and the process to organize and incorporate environmental considerations into day to day operations • EMS involves continuous improvement • EMS is proactive rather than reactive • Climate Actions fit into EMS • Insert into the EMS Action Plan

3. EMS Model • Commitment Statement • Activities, Interactions, and Impacts • Goals, Objectives, and Targets • Roles, Responsibilities, and Timeframe • Document Control, Record Keeping, and Reporting • Communication • Training • Monitoring, Measurement, Corrective Action, and Management Review

4. What’s New in EMS? • Define “appropriate facility” • Organizational EMS • WASO developing park auditor training • Reporting on the OMB scorecard • Conformance by 2011 • GREEN!

5. How Do We Change Culture (Behaviors)? -Incentives and rewards -Performance standards, annual work plans -Use successful models, i.e., as safety tailgate sessions -Messages in the context of place • Why Do We Fail at Implementing Change? -No vision or sense of urgency -No buy-in from senior leadership -Under communicate -Allowing obstacles to block progress

6. Sustainable Practices for Your EMS • Climate Friendly Park actions • Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWAP) • Quantifying and tracking waste diversion • Adding composting - getting visitors to separate • EMP Funding • CPG and Biopreferred programs • Tracking EP • Green janitorial products and practices North Cascades

7. Green Buildings • EPA’s Energy Star and Watersense • Use Whole Building Design Guide specs www.wbdg.org • Passive design and net zero energy • LEED Mt. Rainier NP’s new visitor center meets LEED standards

8. Lassen Volcanic NP’s new Kohm Yah-mah-nee visitor center is certified LEED Platinum

9. Employee transportation program • Night sky • Soundscapes • Office practices • No Idling policy If we used 10% less paper, we would save 1.6 million T of GHG, and keep 280,000 cars off the road for one year.

10. Tools, Guides, and Resources • Solid Waste Mgnt. Handbook • 2008 on-line • Green Purchasing How-To • Green Office Practices • Best Management Practices • Green Janitorial Products and Practices • Waste and EP tracking sheets • (free) EP training for parks • Green Voice Newsletter

11. Communication, Education, Outreach John Day Fossil Beds NM public education display on the energy use of its PV system Teach the children Point Reyes NS “know your energy use” campaign

12. Pacific West and Alaska Regions Climate change brochure

17. Sell collectible park stickers to visitors that double as carbon offsets • Helps mitigate the carbon footprint of travel to and from our National Parks • Each sticker also contains educational material about resources at risk, unique to each park • Program administered by Bonneville Environmental Foundation, a national non-profit provider of carbon offset products NPS Carbon Offset Stickers Participating Parks 2009: Kenai Fjords, Gates of the Arctic, Crater Lake, Golden Gate, and Lewis and Clark

19. Climate Change Blog Podcasts