Creating Sustainable Futures for Southwestern Cities: The ProtoCity Approach in the Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/El Paso, Texas Metroplex - Design with the Desert: Conservation and Sustainable Development - page 547

TABLE 31.3
ProtoPartners of El Paso and Juarez Are Organizations, Individuals, and Groups
Working in ProtoSpaces That Deal with Air, Water, Food, Energy, or Material Issues
Specific to Desert Climates
Some ProtoPartners of El Paso and Juarez
World ProtoPartners (Corresponds to ProtoSpaces listed in Table 31.2)
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Austin, Texas
CENESTA (Centre for Sustainable Development), Iran
TERI (Tata Energy Research Institute), India
Desert Knowledge Australia, Australia
Acción, Chile
EASD (Empowerment for African Sustainable Development), South Africa
Country ProtoPartners
Air: Clean Air Council, Pennsylvania
Water: Watershed Preservation Network, California
Food: Agricultural Council of America, Kansas; Environmental Research Lab, Tucson, Arizona
Energy: Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Maryland
Material: U.S. Green Building Council, Washington DC
State ProtoPartners
Air: Environment Texas
Water: American Water Works Association, Desert Mountain, Texas Chapter
Food: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Energy: Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition
Material: Straw Bale Association, Texas
Site ProtoPartners
Air: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Water: El Paso County Water Improvement District
Food: El Paso County Department of Public Health
Energy: El Paso Solar Energy Association
Material: El Paso Boy and Girl Scouts
The Austin site of CMPBS, a 35 year old 501(c)3, is developed as the original ProtoSite
representing Texas' 10 ecozones. ProtoSites can be located anywhere in the world accord-
ing to project needs, NGO involvement, and community support (Figure 31.11).
31.5.1.3.3 Implementation Phase
The implementation stage is made up of two primary actions:
• Identiication of speciic collaborators that have evolved out of our ProtoPartner
research.
• Development of a planning framework for a series of on-the-ground prototypes
that test financial models. Eventually, these models gain financial support and
creation of an interactive simulation tool that represents the city from home to
neighborhood as well as the entire region. The entire effort creates a living labora-
tory for a convivial exchange of creative solutions engaging all citizenry.
With the support and collaboration of ProtoPartners, specifically selected for their ger-
mane experience in similar ecological and social contexts, the work in El Paso and Juarez