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James S Gruber

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Description:An easy-to-use guide for local leaders working to engage their community in growing a more equitable, healthy, and sustainable futureStrong local communities are the foundation of a healthy, participatory, and resilient society. Rather than looking to national governments, corporations, or new technologies to solve environmental and social problems, we can learn and apply the successes of thriving communities to protect the environment, enhance local livelihood, and grow social vitality.Building Community is an easy-to-use guidebook that distills the success of healthy thriving communities from around the world into twelve universally applicable principles that transcend cultures and locations.Exploring how community building can be approached by local citizens and their local leaders, Building Community features:A chapter on each of the 12 Guiding Principles, based on research in 27 countriesOver 30 knowledgeable contributing author-practitionersCritical practical leadership toolsNotes from the field - with practical dos and don'tsA wealth of 25 case studies of communities that have learned to thrive, including towns and villages, inner-city neighborhoods, indigenous groups, nonprofits, women's empowerment groups, and a school, business, and faith communityThis is essential reading for community leaders, activists, planners, policy makers, and students looking to help their communities thrive.James S. Gruber, PhD, PE, is Director of the PhD Program in Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England, a member of IUCN Council for Environmental Economic and Social Policy, and a recent delegate to UN Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. Over the past three decades, he has worked as an international consultant, solar engineer, town manager, and university professor on building community capacity. He lives in Alstead, New Hampshire. https: //howcommunitiesthrive.weebly.com/We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Building Community: Twelve Principles for a Healthy Future. To get started finding Building Community: Twelve Principles for a Healthy Future, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An easy-to-use guide for local leaders working to engage their community in growing a more equitable, healthy, and sustainable futureStrong local communities are the foundation of a healthy, participatory, and resilient society. Rather than looking to national governments, corporations, or new technologies to solve environmental and social problems, we can learn and apply the successes of thriving communities to protect the environment, enhance local livelihood, and grow social vitality.Building Community is an easy-to-use guidebook that distills the success of healthy thriving communities from around the world into twelve universally applicable principles that transcend cultures and locations.Exploring how community building can be approached by local citizens and their local leaders, Building Community features:A chapter on each of the 12 Guiding Principles, based on research in 27 countriesOver 30 knowledgeable contributing author-practitionersCritical practical leadership toolsNotes from the field - with practical dos and don'tsA wealth of 25 case studies of communities that have learned to thrive, including towns and villages, inner-city neighborhoods, indigenous groups, nonprofits, women's empowerment groups, and a school, business, and faith communityThis is essential reading for community leaders, activists, planners, policy makers, and students looking to help their communities thrive.James S. Gruber, PhD, PE, is Director of the PhD Program in Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England, a member of IUCN Council for Environmental Economic and Social Policy, and a recent delegate to UN Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. Over the past three decades, he has worked as an international consultant, solar engineer, town manager, and university professor on building community capacity. He lives in Alstead, New Hampshire. https: //howcommunitiesthrive.weebly.com/We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Building Community: Twelve Principles for a Healthy Future. To get started finding Building Community: Twelve Principles for a Healthy Future, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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