Visioning for a Model Sustainable Community

212 Community Member, Leonardo, Helping the Taubman Team with Water Testing.

conveying information, content development is important. The success of the educational component depends on the quality of data collected in the future, ideally, over the summer. Additionally, effective implementation depends on engaging the Association, who may play a critical role in helping edit the contents of septic tank maintenance tips and other educational materials. This will ensure that content is culturally appropriate and suitable for residents. Moreover, residents will be critical stakeholders for true implementation of an educational component.

VISIONING FOR A MODEL SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

In the long-term, residents should consider changing the way that they handle sewage; moving away from informal connections to onsite decentralized treatment. This can provide better quality control for the treatment of sewage that leaves the site. This benefit of decentralized sewage will particularly appeal to IAG, the landowners, who expressed concern with the quality of São Paulo city’s wastewater treatment, and who have been working with