All Blog Posts Tagged 'community' (15)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Press Release in “Letter to the Editor” format)

May 16, 2015

Contact: Stefan Pasti

Cell: (703) 209-2093 (US)

[email protected]

(511 words)

Proposal for new section in small to mid-sized town newspapers: the Neighbor to Neighbor Community Education (NTNCE) Project

I am writing to share information and resources with you about a proposal for a new section in local newspapers, especially newspapers…

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This “Now Seeking Collaborators” outreach message includes the following sections:

Introduction

Details about the Survey Design

The Three Most Important Goals of The ROMC Survey Project

Why The ROMC Survey Project Could Make Especially Valuable Contributions

What the ROMC Survey Project is Currently Seeking

ROMC Survey Project Documents

Concluding Comments

Introduction

The ROMC Survey Project is seeking advisors and collaborators for a…

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The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative (www.cpcsc.info) now has a proposal ("Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges") in a contest at the MIT Climate CoLab Platform. The Tipping Point Action Proposal is entered in the "Shifting Behavior for a Changing Climate" contest.

There are opportunities to comment on the Tipping Point Action proposal--and to give it a "thumbs up"…

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Press Kit for Tipping Point Action Campaign

Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges

[a campaign of The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative]

(www.cpcsc.info)

Contact: Stefan Pasti, Campaign Coordinator

Cell: (703) 209-2093

Email: [email protected]

Note: a February 14, 2014 Press Release, and the full text (with resource links, etc) of…

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An Introduction to Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability

I am making this post to share with readers a new website: Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (at www.cpcsc.info ).

The new website consolidates four websites (which have been archived), and thus includes “homebases” for The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative, Community Visioning Initiatives Clearinghouse, Community…

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New Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving and Citizen Peacebuilding

(being introduced by two companion websites and four key documents)

The websites, the documents, and the approach

We are in uncharted territory, for there is no culture or association of societies that ever existed on planet Earth which has had to resolve the kind of challenges the next few generations of people will have to resolve [see “A List of Ten Critical Challenges” (also accessible from the…

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By Lisa Hymas

E. O. Wilson thinks you should get out there and make some noise.  We had lots of questions for acclaimed biologist and conservationist.

Edward O. Wilson when he dropped by the Grist office recently while touring to promote his latest book, The Social Conquest of Earth.

But Wilson directed the toughest question of the day back at us: Why aren’t you young people out protesting the mess that’s being made of the planet?

As we squirmed in our seats,…

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Full video of this speech is on the National Endowment for the Humanities' website here.

The essayist, novelist, and poet Wendell Berry, shown at…

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Some of you may have been following the case of Michael Schmidt, biodynamic farmer in Ontario who is currently on a hunger strike. I think it is day 19 now....

 

What is he protesting? Our very basic right to decide for ourselves what we put into our own bodies.

 

In both the US and Canada, judges have ruled that we can't drink milk right from our own cows. Canada and the US are marching in-step towards a future where our food is completely controlled by…

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The Westside Food Security Collaborative and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House invite you to a vegetarian potluck (please bring a dish to share if you can) on August 3, 6-8 pm at the Neighbourhood House Hall, 2305 West 7th @ Vine. If you grow it, eat it, sell it, make it, serve it, throw it (or just plain love it) please join us. ...The evening will be an open space; come talk about what’s important to you about food on the…

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Hey all!

Interested in helping plan future Kits Village activities and direction?

Good things are cooking in our village -- figuratively, as well as  literally! Currently, activities include monthly potlucks/garden parties, movie nights, and dropin spaghetti nights.

Last year we gardened collaboratively at Kits House and this year we're looking to start a new garden at Billy Bishop Legion Hall -- and perhaps in other locations as well.

We just had our 1st Soup…

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SUNDAY FEB 20th, 3-6 pm

@ Ross and Laura Lee's                                                                                                                          

Share some good food and conversation with members of Kitsilano Transition Village.

What would a more sustainable and resilient Kitsilano look like? How can we take steps towards this?

There will be plenty of time in this visioning session to meet other…

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Support Groups For Hard Times



By Chuck Collins



06 October, 2010

YES! Magazine

via countercurrents.org



How can Transition Towns and Common Security Clubs help us navigate a changing economy and environment?



“It is hard to imagine facing the future without my gang of neighbors,” said Laura Dudley, a member of a common security club in the Detroit area. “The whole media culture is telling us to keep… Continue

Life, Money and Illusion - Living on earth as if we want to stay

(Second Edition, 2009: ISBN 978-0-86571-659-9)

(Available in the Central Branch of the Vancouver Library at 338.927 N63L)

(Village Vancouver has 3 copies in its informal lending library, and the overdue fines are steep!)



Author: Mike Nickerson



Reviewed by Genevieve Jones



Do you ever get overwhelmed by the state of the world?



I like to be informed, but last… Continue

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Talk to your neighbour. See what happens...



We want to spread the good news of neighbourhood-based individual action. What have you created this summer and what do you dream of doing next year? What do you like the most about living in your neighbourhood? What essential components make your community the place you love to live in? Please blog us… Continue