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179 Articles match "Communities","Examples","Locales"
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Knowing History, Serving It: Ashoka's Theory of Change
Ashoka's own community of changemakers has the opportunity to make a very big difference — and therefore the responsibility to do our best — in advancing this goal. Then Ashoka learned there is something that is more powerful — a community of leading social entrepreneurs working together. few examples: Each program (e.g.,
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, September 6, 2010
The Entrepreneur's Revolution and You
Each social entrepreneur presents ideas that are user-friendly, understandable, ethical, and engage widespread support in order to maximize the number of local people that will stand up, seize their idea, and implement with it. Historical Examples of Leading Social Entrepreneurs: Susan B. What is a Social Entrepreneur?
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, September 6, 2010
Blue planet or green globe?
Inspirational examples of how villages, towns and cities around the world are becoming greener and cleaner. Community groups, planners and politicians across the world face strikingly similar environmental challenges. Mauenheim bio-energy village, Germany A village that generates all its own energy from locally grown bio fuels.
The Green Changemakers
- Friday, September 3, 2010
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Is Local Food Better?
Editor's note from World Watch Institute : The local-food movement has been gaining momentum in developed countries, and in many developing countries as well, in recent years; in the United States alone, sales of locally grown foods, worth about $4 billion in 2002, could reach as much as $7 billion by 2011. What's "Local"?
The Green Changemakers
- Thursday, April 16, 2009
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Community Supported Agriculture in local neighborhoods
Community Supported Agriculture in local neighborhoods Neighborhoods are the center of unity in many areas; interpersonal relations, emotional support, community safety, healthy recreational activities, and the provider of healthy local food for all its citizens. community gardening project called "Growing Power."
The Green Changemakers
- Friday, April 2, 2010
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Sustainable Communities
Motor vehicles dominate urban transportation systems, producing gridlock, excessive use of valuable land, local air pollution, and greenhouse gases. Economic globalization lacks an effective model for sustainable local development. IE builds common ground for addressing industry's needs in the transition to sustainable communities.
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, November 17, 2008
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Livable Communities
Key to this shift has been the movement for environmental justice that exploded on the scene during the 1980s, as communities of color all across the United States fought to protect themselves against the unequal distribution of environmental hazards undermining the health of people forced to live in neighborhoods with locally unwanted land uses.
The Green Changemakers
- Saturday, April 17, 2010
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Transformative Community Planning: Empowerment Through Community Development
Prepared for the 1996 Planners Network Conference, "Renewing Hope, Restoring Vision: Progressive Planning in Our Communities." by Marie Kennedy INTRODUCTION What is community development? see real community development as combining material development with the development of people. Power is not a "thing", it's a process.
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, May 31, 2010
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Community as Technology
biodynamic agriculture , and permaculture community centres ) and new social technologies (e.g. We also were fortunate to experience some ancient technologies from the local 40,000 year-old Aboriginal culture in the form of rituals for imparting both the knowledge and the reverent respect required to live in this harsh landscape.
The Green Changemakers
- Saturday, March 7, 2009
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How to Go Green: In the Community
By getting involved in our communities, by talking to our neighbors, by supporting local groups, and by re-imagining where we live, we can green not only our own lifestyles, but our streets, neighborhoods, towns, cities and, ultimately, our societies. Top Green Community Tips 1. Local politics can be much less intimidating.
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, December 7, 2009
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Communities Magazine: Education for Sustainability
Ecovillage Builds Learning Community Elke Cole & Javan Kerby Bernakevitch The residents of an eco-oriented, education-focused intentional community and demonstration site wear many hats, both public and private. Tags: Sustainable-development Community Magazine Education Web Features · LIVE AND LEARN : O.U.R.
The Green Changemakers
- Saturday, June 5, 2010
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ICLEI Case Studies - Locally-based projects that support sustainability
[link] ICLEI Case Studies profile locally-based projects that support sustainability. Each study documents: the local context of the project the anatomy of the project results lessons learned the project's replication potential budgeting and financial issues Please note: Case Studies 1 - 55 will be available soon.
The Green Changemakers
- Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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Local Communities Showcase the Way to Sustainable Future
In the midst of this global economic crisis, there is a movement happening in some of the hardest hit places in America – local communities. And that’s just what Joe Grafton, founding director of the Somerville Local First has set out to prove. So Joe Grafton has set out on a mission.
Green Life Smart Life
- Monday, May 25, 2009
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