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Building Sustainable Learning Communities
Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities: A multi-stakeholder coalition established in 1997 to develop and implement an action plan that will lead to a more sustainable San Francisco Bay Area region. International Conference of the Community Development Society Transformational Learning Community: information to achieve fundamental change in their
lives, neighborhoods, communities, bioregions and globally Damanhur: an internationally renowned community for spiritual-science research EcoVillages Sustainable Communities Network (SCN) Foundation for Global Community: With crisis comes profound opportunity. A whole new
population -- more idealistic
and globally oriented -- has emerged in the world in the past 15-20 years. These people,
called "Cultural Creatives" by sociologist Paul Ray, share a
number of attitudes and beliefs: an interest in self-actualization and spirituality; a
desire to live a simpler lifestyle; a need for society to rebuild communities; a sense of
nature as sacred; and a concern for the global environment. Attitudes and beliefs like
these form the basis of what is called an integral culture." International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives: U.S. local governments with newly developed programs akin to Local Agenda 21. National Councils for Sustainable Development: A global community perspective Atlantic Online article: "Toward a global open society" Best Practices Database: Practical ways in which communities, governments and the private sector are working
together Yes! Positive Futures Network: A journal of positive futures -- Articles on sustainable cultures and communities Ecoschools: An international program for environmental education
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