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I am an independent consultant and action researcher with more than 25 years management and communication experience across a range of sectors - including organisational development, agriculture and natural resource management. This includes 15 years experience as an action researcher with Landcare Research working across a range of issues - climate change, biodiversity, urban and rural development, integrated catchment management and biosecurity.
References to my recent publications, with links to on-line copies in many cases, can be found here.
An on-line copy of my dissertation can be found at: Allen, W.J. (2001) Working together for environmental management: the role of information sharing and collaborative learning. PhD (Development Studies), Massey University.
Another related initiative is my management of this Learning for Sustainability website as a portal that deals with the intersection of social learning and sustainable development. In particular this site attempts to link people and information that spans the health, environmental and development sectors. More recently I have initiated the sparksforchange blog which has been created as a way to educate myself, and hopefully others, about the many ideas and people out there that are making a positive difference for social change.
This site was originally developed as part of my PhD study undertaken through the Institute of Development Studies at Massey University. This provided the opportunity to bring together information from the range of community-based processes required for effective information sharing and collaborative management and planning. The site began as NRM-changelinks (1998-2006) and is being maintained as Learning for Sustainability. The resulting site structure (see the index on the left) has come out of my own paid and unpaid work experiences in different community sectors (including local, national and international NGOs, commercial farming, government agencies, the United Nations, and research organisations). This experience includes regional experience with participatory approaches in Australasia, East Africa and the Pacific.
I can be contacted directly through this site by using the site feedback form, or through
