Sustainability

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Location: New Hampshire Office

Hours: Mon - Fri, 8am to 5pm

Phone: 785-832-5157

Contact: Administration

The mission of the Douglas County Sustainability Office is to develop, adapt, and implement public programs and policies that strive to elevate the interdependence, and balance the priorities of, our living systems and the built environment, in pursuit of high quality of life for all residents, including:

Healthy homes and green spaces,
Cultural and community belonging, and
Economic stability and opportunity.

Click on any of our current initiatives below to learn more.

Open Space Plan

Douglas County is working to develop and implement an Open Space Plan. Common elements include trails, buffers between land uses and waterways, native prairies, wetlands, wildlife habitat, agricultural lands...

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Employee boxes items at Just Food, Lawrence KS

Food Policy Council

The Food Policy Council (FPC) seeks to identify the benefits, challenges and opportunities for a successful, sustainable local food system in Douglas County, Kansas. It works towards the five goals outlined...

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Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

Douglas County is building a plan to mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change; it will be tailored to our community’s priorities, account for our assets and vulnerabilities, and recommend short and long-term policy and program development.

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Food System Plan

The Douglas County Food System Plan, for the first time, provides strategic recommendations to help guide the development of the local food system in Douglas County, Kansas. It was adopted in 2017.

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Common Ground

Common Ground is community gardening and urban agriculture program established in 2012, providing residents underutilized properties for use as community gardens and farming land for minimal cost.

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Open Space Plan

Douglas County is working to develop and implement an Open Space Plan. Common elements include trails, buffers between land uses and waterways, native prairies, wetlands, wildlife habitat, agricultural lands...

Learn More

Food Policy Council

The Food Policy Council (FPC) seeks to identify the benefits, challenges and opportunities for a successful, sustainable local food system in Douglas County, Kansas. It works towards the five goals outlined...

Learn More

Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

Douglas County is building a plan to mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change; it will be tailored to our community’s priorities, account for our assets and vulnerabilities, and recommend short and long-term policy and program development.

Learn More

Food System Plan

The Douglas County Food System Plan, for the first time, provides strategic recommendations to help guide the development of the local food system in Douglas County, Kansas. It was adopted in 2017.

Learn More

Common Ground

Common Ground is community gardening and urban agriculture program established in 2012, providing residents underutilized properties for use as community gardens and farming land for minimal cost.

Learn More