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Comment on Using community capitals to support positive community development by Jennifer Lentfer

Jennifer Lentfer — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:59:44 +0000

Please allow me to share the following research monograph on how and why the poor help each other. In addition to providing a framework to value community assets, it is an important work because it uncovers the how mutual assistance actually works between poor people and how outsiders can built upon existing, though often “invisible” efforts within communities, rather than disregarding or even quashing them with interventions or resources.

Wilkinson-Maposa, S. & Fowler, A. (2009). The poor philanthropist I-IV. Cape Town: Southern Africa-United States Center for Leadership and Public Values.
http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/clpv/default.asp?intPageNr=37

Comment on Using community capitals to support positive community development by Career Advice

Career Advice — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:13:26 +0000

Excellent blog i appreciate it so much this Asset based community development (ABCD) is really very helpful for my future business progress . Thanks!! All these capitals rally makes importance in development.
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Jerry

Comment on should 90% of climate change research be social science? by Jhon Peterson

Jhon Peterson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:07:23 +0000

I am agreeing that social science research is also important as other researches, thanks for this article.

Comment on should 90% of climate change research be social science? by Alison

Alison — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:06:13 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more – social science is often seen as ‘soft’ science, but in terms of understanding and creating the social change for sustainability we need, social research is invaluable. The situation is the same here in Australia, where social science receives a fraction of the attention and funding for research on climate change – but wheels are change are turning here too, and the value of social research is slowly becoming more recognized…

Ally
http://www.happyearth.com.au
Adventures in urban Sustainability

Comment on Blog on climate change, energy and food security wins best award by sandra407

sandra407 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:16:30 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on should 90% of climate change research be social science? by Mary Ashby

Mary Ashby — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:05:27 +0000

Absolutely – new forms of partnership are needed to tackle the problem of climate change, and a huge challenge will be in getting individuals from vastly different backgrounds to enter into sustained dialogue. Unless people reach agreement on issues, the point will never be reached at which they are prepared to commit resources to necessary action.

Comment on should 90% of climate change research be social science? by Dana Dolsen

Dana Dolsen — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:57:41 +0000

Most definitely – it is, after all, our human behavior that has put us in this pickle in the first place! Of course, as Einstein so aptly said, we cannot solve the world’s problems using the same mindset used to create them, so we need to look at ourselves closely and recognize that we are part of the problem as well as part of the solution. Studying group mentality is critical, as the social paradigms we operate under are so culturally engrained that we often react out of habit rather than rationally.

Comment on should 90% of climate change research be social science? by sony

sony — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:27:06 +0000

Excellent information. Social science is the way to move stright on social track.

Comment on Bloom – helping people tackle climate change their way by Nadine

Nadine — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:29:57 +0000

Hello,
Amazing! Not clear for me, how offen you updating your learningforsustainability.net.
Nadine

Comment on should 90% of climate change research be social science? by KrisBelucci

KrisBelucci — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:49:35 +0000

Hi, good post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting.