Tipping Point Planner

2024

Description:

The online Tipping Point Planner decision support system, aimed especially at Great Lakes states’ communities, is a web-based tool that has been developed and refined for a decade by Purdue and two dozen collaborators, with Purdue Extension and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant leading outreach efforts.

The Tipping Point Planner course teaches almost anyone involved in land use planning or water quality issues how to use the tool to examine past and predicted land use changes, identify environmental threats, define natural resource assets in need of protection or restoration, and incorporate that knowledge into community planning. With the tool, you will use innovative visualization dashboards, paint tools and interactive visioning exercises to help your community come to consensus on and set its priorities for land use strategies and policies that enhance local values. The facilitation process results in an action plan that includes an overview of the community’s status, including whether it is nearing or exceeding environmental tipping points. And it provides customized implementation steps to improve current conditions and steer clear of tipping points.