Creating Systems Level Change in Cities: A Toolkit
Many cities are searching for ways to bring nature’s benefits to all children, but longstanding conditions, such as policies, power dynamics and perceptions, can make change difficult. Achieving real and lasting change requires a community-based approach to dismantling systems of inequity, or in other words, a systems change approach. The Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative supports cities as they work to change and improve citywide systems so that all children have opportunities to play, learn and grow with nature in their daily lives.
Toolkit Components
Use these tools and resources to help your city understand, drive and measure systems level change in creating equitable access to nature.
Systems Change Discussion Paper
This brief discussion paper describes examples of structural change observed from 2015 to 2020 with CCCN cities. The paper was used to lead internal discussions among CCCN cities at a gathering.
Advancing Equity in Children’s Connection to Nature
Equity is at the core of systems change. In this equity resource, CCCN provides a snapshot into the current consensus within CCCN on definitions and principles for advancing equity, as well as a few illustrative examples of city progress and next steps.
CCCN Systems Change Measurement Toolkit
This toolkit helps cities measure their progress towards increasing equitable access to nature. It offers two resources to help your city understand and advance systems change, including the Systems Change Outcomes Tracking Tool and the Systems Change Internal Assessment Tool.
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