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The Greenprint Process

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Staff reviewing a map Gina Timotheo, the Nature Conservancy´s Mato Grosso State Environmental Coordinator, Diogo Molina, Agriculture Project Coordinator, and Alex Schmidt, Project Coordinator, at the Conservancy´s office in Mato Grosso state looking at maps of properties whose information will be entered into the Rural Environmental Registry, Brazil. © Rui Rezende

Once you have scoped the project and decided that a greenprint can help you achieve your goals, the greenprint development process generally follows a four-step process.

Long exposure image of windmills rotating atop a ridge in hilly terrain.
Process overview landing page Wind farm turbines situated on a ridge top in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia. © Kent Mason

Process Overview

Take a look at the greenprint development process and relationships between the stages.

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Illinois Purple Martins fly to their nests during a morning at Montrose Harbor, Chicago, Illinois. June 2017. During the spring and summer months in Chicago, a population of Purple Martins (Progne subis) live in manmade houses maintained by a partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the Chicago Park District. Five nesting towers are located at Montrose Harbor on Lake Michigan, and thanks to the stewardship of local volunteers, these migratory birds trust that they can return every year and find a safe nesting habitat where future generations of Purple Martins can grow. © Jennifer Emerling

Best Practices

The following are best practices to consider when embarking on the development of a greenprint.

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Overhead view of solar panels on the ground with the sun setting in the distance.
Case Study hero image solar Aerial image of The Maricopa West Solar project site in the San Joaquin Valley, near the town of Taft, California, in Kern County. July 14, 2021. The solar array is in the footprint of a former agriculture field and surrounded by active orchards. The water that would have been used for this portion of land will be allocated to the surrounding crops as an effort to consolidate water usage over a smaller footprint of land while also providing a profit for the landowners from this renewable energy source. At the time that this image was taken, the valley (a major agricultural center for the country) was experiencing unprecedented drought conditions and a July heatwave with temperatures reaching 110 degrees Farenheit (43 C) and ground temperatures at 130 degrees Farenheit (54 C). © Stuart Palley

Case Studies

These twelve case studies summaries highlight the successes and lessons learned across a range of greenprint projects with different partners and goals.

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