| Adbusters:
A Journal Of The Mental Environment |
The
Media Foundation, 1243 West 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6h 1b7
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| The
Berkana Institute |
A
nonprofit corporation started by Meg Wheatley in the nineties, The Berkana
Institute offers resources and perspectives on systems thinking and the
new sciences as it applies to organizational and personal change.
From the Four Directions
is an exciting new initiative of the Institute which plans to use the simple
power of human conversation to invite people to step more fully into their
lives. |
|
Sustainable
Communities Network
|
This
website is an introduction to the world of community sustainability. There
are four main components to this site. This site includes extensive references
on sustainability as well as case studies. It also offers ten exercises
and policies to help implement sustainable thought in community planning.
Finally contact information to groups doing sustainable work are offered.
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| Community
Based Research in the United States |
By
Loka Institute. This document, which is in PDF Format and requires
Acrobat Reader to view, is an excellent overview of 12 different community
based research projects in the United States -- projects which are giving
people in communities a real sense of what is actually happening in their
community.
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| Global
Eco-village Network |
GEN
supports the development of sustainable human settlements, facilitates the
exchange of information amongst the settlements, and makes information available
about eco-village concepts and demonstration sites. Eco-villages are attempts
to create complete, working communities in which people can live sustainably,
in harmony with each other and nature. |
| The
Loka Institute Home Page |
The
Loka Institute is a non-profit research and advocacy organization concerned
with the social, political, and environmental repercussions of science and
technology. Loka seeks to make science and technology responsive to democratically
decided social and environmental concerns. Loka does research and is interested
primarily in the use of research. |
| The
Asset-Based Community Development Institute |
The
Asset-Based Community Development worked developed by John Kretzmann and
John L. McKnight is one of the more important methods for helping people
find out what is really going on within their communities. Asset based
approaches are ones which look for the potentials and the possibilities
rather than simply getting swamped in the problems. |
