Book: Worldwatch State of the World 2008 Chapter 11. Engaging Communities for a Sustainable World By Erik Assadourian, Worldwatch Institute "Citizens disempowered by economic …
We had a wonderful Earth Day at Coldbrook School, and generated a great deal of interest in a community garden. We partnered with apple producers' co-operative Scotian Gold to of…
Hello, I am looking for articles about what it takes to foster a cultural change for a sustainable community. For example, promoting a conservation culture by encouraging people …
I have not seen the full text but the abstract shows promise.
Minkler, M., V. B. Vasquez, et al. (2008). Promoting Environmental Justice Through Community-Based Participator…
Check out the Rockyford Xeriscape Demonstration Project on www.umbel.ca Very successful and actively educating and sharing plants with regional residents.
Claudette Lacombe
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This week in the New American Village blog: Walkable Neighborhoods. What are the benefits? What are the hidden (and sometimes not-so-hidden) costs of an unwalkable neighborhood? …
Forgive me if this post is inappropriately "general discussion." Many of us are involved in promoting the sort of individual-level behaviors the author disparages as an inadequate…
Apologies if this has been covered too recently - I'm scanning my huge folder of past FSB messages and have found a few pointers, but I thought it would also be helpful to solicit…
Hi FSB members,
I am Ernst-Jan van Hattum and chair of the o2 global network foundation on sustainable design. It is my idea with this mail to the FSB list to support those wit…
Hi folks,
In a sustainability course I am teaching, I am trying to help the college students understand their impact on the environment. I want to do so in a "human scale" sort…
