Multi-State Working Group
on Environmental Performance
www.mswg.org

The Path to Washington

"How can we significantly and measurably improve our environment and solve our most pressing ecoogical problems?" - MSWG Website

The Path to Washington is a 3-year research and dialogue process to produce a new set of commonly-understood, broadly-supported legal and policy tools which, when applied to our country's serious location-specific environmental problems, will improve ecological conditions, sustain communities, and improve the quality of life of all people.

"The Coastal Bend Bays Foundation (CBBF) is the local conduit for the biggest thing to come along in the national environmental law and policy change potential in a while. The Multi-State Working Group (MSWG) is making all the right moves as it focuses on ecology, economy and sustainability, while maintaining essential minimums necessary for public assistance. We have come a long way since many environmental laws and regs were promulgated, and most could use an overhaul. Presidential candiates have all been briefied by MSWG, and a Congressional visit is scheduled for 2009." - CBBF Board of Directors President, Carlton Buddy Stanley, April 2008.

Path to Washington (PTW) Updates

• An MSWG Dialogue, The Path to Washington (PTW), is scheduled for May 6 at the UT Thompson Center. This is the first of 36 PTW Dialogues planned nationally. CBBF is proud to be a sponsor for the MSWG Austin Dialogue, and to provide the support and leadership of CBBF Board President, Budy Stanley, in the PTW planning process.
    - National Dialogue for Austin
    - Invitation to National Dialogue on Policies to meet 21st Century Needs, April 4, 2008.

• Vision Statement: Performance-based Environmental Programs: 2005-2010, Austin, Texas, March 2, 2008

"Thinking Ecologically and Acting Economically"

Keynote Speaker Presentation by Jeff Smoller, President of MSWG to be given at the 5th Annual Conservation and Environmental Stewardship Awards Program on November 14, 2007.

Learn more about an ongoing significant effort being made by a non-partisian group in the environmental field that are in business, government and academia, to positively effect change in environmental public policy.

"A voice for ecological innovation and integration" - MSWG website

Mission Statement:

MSWG is a network that works with partners to improve environmental performance, economic sustainability, social responsibility and quality of life. Our network includes all sectors of society. We serve local, state, regional, national and international communities. We produce knowledge and actions that contribute to ecosystems that support economic sustainability, social responsibility and quality of life. We believe that collaboration, innovation and networking can tap society's potential for performance excellence and support that philosophy in mainstream law and policy.