Why grow community action for sustainability?
Why grow community action for sustainability?
We are manyWorldwide there are many of us interested in related issues. Whether it be climate change, environmental concerns such as biodiversity, social, economic or global concerns, questions of justice, or other related issues. We the peopleSustainability isn't just something for experts. It's about everyone's quality of life and we all have a part to play. Through sharing and collaboration we can develop what becomes a citizens agenda, rather than something much narrower. |
How can we help?
Together we're strongerThe more we collaborate the better our chances, the more influence we can have. The more we pool our information, knowledge and resources, the more there will be for each of us to share from. Our diversity is an additional strength. The more we collaborate the less we have to keep "reinventing the wheel." We're all in this togetherAll of us will be affected by climate change and issues such as biodiversity loss, as well as all our future generations. This pale blue dot is our only homeWherever we live these issues will affect our own local communities. It is right that each of us should be able to influence decisions affecting our own local communities. / Carl Sagan, video We are all part of the solutionWe all have a part to play. We all have something to offer. No-one from outside can be as expert as you are in what it is like to live in your community. Vast potentialAlthough we began at the end of 2004 we've as yet barely scratched the surface of what this wiki can be about. In the same way that Wikipedia seeks to make knowledge available to all worldwide, we can seek to make all knowledge about all aspects of sustainability available to all across the world. "If Wikipedia tells the world as it is, Sustainable Community Action dares to imagine the world as it might be." Free to reuse and build uponWhen the topics concern all our futures, these are important enough for it to be better if all the information is free to reuse and build upon. The time is nowThere's a growing sense that climate change and coming energy and resource shortages make the next few years our main, and perhaps only real chance to set a different course.
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Community self-actualizationWhy the focus on community action? Community involvement, inclusion and empowerment are seen here as an integral part of sustainability. see separate articles: Citizen Centred Participation - Phil Green, Networks, Community action for sustainability a few references
Joining it all upAs sustainability is about seeing the bigger picture and the longer term, integration becomes quite important. This wiki offers Integration, synthesis and synergy across at least 5 dimensions:
RelationshipsWe aim for positive, collaborative and complementary relationships with other wiki.
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References
This page includes Creative Commons Licensed content from the Sustainable community action wiki on Wikia. |
- ↑ Vicki Robin, A Permaculture *of* Community, resilience.org, May 27, 2014
- ↑ Waag Society, 2013
- ↑ Nicholas Powers, September 9, 2014 The Indypendent
- ↑ civilsociety.co.uk