Is This the Future of Civic Engagement?
Gordon says that there are no shortcuts around the amount of work involved in this model of community engagement. “You’re building relationships, building trust.”
community engagement
Six Ways to Plan and Run Successful Meetings about Food Security
People who live in Toronto’s Black Creek community come from over 30 countries. They are mostly poor. But they know how to organize a fun and effective meeting about a painful, complicated and widespread problem they all face — hunger!
Making Streets More Friendly in St. Paul, MN
The Friendly Streets Initiative grew out of a group of volunteers working with various neighborhood organizations to make biking and walking safer in St. Paul.
Sea to Seed 2015 – A Sailboat Tour of Farming, Music, and Resilient Culture
And it appears that the islands of the Coast Salish Sea, recognizing that there is an overarching structure that has not fed and supported us, is embracing this concept to truly “over grow the system.”
Community Engagement and Transition Principles
Ultimately, generosity attracts more interest than self-interest. Respect, collaboration and meaningful values are more likely to be successful in building community.
“Make, be, dance, pedal, shape the future”.
I suppose that’s what my creative practice is: I do something with the objective of trying to raise awareness and people trying to get a message across, it’s designed around that.
Introducing Community Engagement
To open our in depth exploration of Community Engagement, one of the elements of our Support Offer, Transition Network’s Transition Initiative Support Coordinator Mike Thomas sets the scene.
“The Creative Response to Climate Change”
Put it this way: we would never actually say "this is climate change". That doesn’t sit comfortably with us at all. We don’t like that bald categorisation of what we do.
Improving Democracy Through Deliberation
The difficulties that relate to modern democracy probably start with the use of that term.
Vacant Lot Becomes Community Space
My vision is to give purpose to a vacant lot.
Slow democracy
Is there anything less popular among Americans than their own government?