Rafael Silveira,
Graciela Nava Guerrero
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In the previous section we identified current developments and trends on Texel. Here, we will assess for each of them whether they contribute to (the direction of) our vision for Texel by 2065. Table 1 presents the results.
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Table 1: Overview of trends which move into the desirable or undesirable direction, as compared to our vision for Texel. The middle column contains developments which can still be adapted in order to become desirable. |
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Desirable direction |
Could contribute |
Undesirable direction |
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Texelaars are actively innovating and good in self-organisation. They are used to solve their own problems and like it. Finally, they are good networkers |
Texelaars have an individualistic attitude Because of subsidies, current innovations are not necessarily financially independent Not many innovations evolve into entrepreneurship |
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Knowledge development takes place in knowledge institutes and sustainable initiatives |
Little knowledge and experience is shared |
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Vision of municipality Texel to become energy and water self-sufficient by 2020 |
Lack of feedback from actors connected to the municipality |
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Texel is a small scale community |
Necessity for importing products (eg. food) |
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Diversity makes Texel beautiful and attracts tourists |
Tourists could share their knowledge with Texel Tourist could contribute to the conservation of Texel’s nature |
Tourists contribute mainly with money Tourism also has a negative impact on the environment |
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Entrepreneurs are well-organized in local networks |
Entrepreneurs generally do not focus on sustainability |
The content of table 1 is based on the trends and developments that were described in section 3.3.
Sustainability criteria reviewed
The categorisation is based on our sustainability criteria, which we have updated in week 3. The new sustainability criteria can be found in section 1.4 (since the text has been updated). We repeat them here.
Assessing whether this state has been reached by 2065, and assessing whether Texel develops into the right direction in the coming years, will be done according to the following criteria. These four criteria indicate the progress of the development into the direction of our vision.
1. An innovative culture on Texel
2. Connections are used to acquire means and resources for innovations
3. The number of sustainable innovations presented to the public
4. The number of successful sustainable innovations