Model: Advancing 21 st Century Community Well-Being for All
Vision: Extension will equitably improve the well-being of residents facing the effects of climate change in the communities it serves. Well-being measures include, but are not limited to, access to clean air and water; quality food and reduced food waste; clean, affordable and efficient energy; property weatherization; and an affordable grid and reliable public transportation. New partnerships will work at the nexus of communities and community members, including businesses, homeowners, municipalities, renters, and other relevant groups. A science-based approach will apply to all of the Extension Climate Action Plan workstreams and supporting models. Extension will advance well-being across geographies and across air, land, and water while supporting communities in the decarbonization transformation. Activities will be conducted through the lens of social determinants of health and other applicable frameworks, such as CDC’s One Health and the Community Capitals Framework. Extension seeks equitable environmental and well-being benefits across all activities, resulting in transformed communities of shared well-being. Much of the infrastructure needed to do this work is in place within Extension, and strategic partnership and investment can further build Extension capacity for impact. Long-term outcomes envisioned through this work over the next decade and beyond include increased weatherization of businesses and homes in communities served by 25% by 2040 and Extension facilitation of education and outreach on practices that can assist in achieving environmental outcomes such as 30% reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and 30% improvement in air quality tied to emissions reductions.
Short-Term Outcomes: Over the next one to three years, Extension seeks to deliver climate outcomes including:
Enhance Extension Capacity
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o Increased Extension capacity to provide transformative programming based on social determinants of health frameworks
o Increased Extension capacity to provide programming infrastructure as well as air, energy, land, water, and well-being programming o Increased capacity among participants to advocate for air, infrastructure, energy, land, water, and well-being solutions and to advocate for Extension as a trusted intermediary in providing solutions
• Develop Awareness and Training Programs
o An increased number of Extension personnel will be trained on weatherization to improve their own knowledge
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