Asset-Based Community Development Festival: It’s time to celebrate
Dear Friends, As many of you will be aware, in 1995 John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann convened an extended circle of friends to help them...
Read MoreDear Friends, As many of you will be aware, in 1995 John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann convened an extended circle of friends to help them...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1199" align="alignright" width="338"] Image taken from http://on.fb.me/1EZwH1c[/caption] On Sunday night last, May 31, 2015 at 10:45 Judith Snow passed away, she was a friend,...
Read MoreABCD as an alternative to the dominant Needs-Based Approach in Africa This week, on Monday, May 25 to varying degrees the world celebrated Africa Day....
Read More[caption id="attachment_1116" align="alignleft" width="204"] E.F. Schumacher. Image taken from http://bit.ly/1FvuqQp[/caption] Imagine living in a world where the default position was ‘that’s too small to fail!’...
Read MoreOver the last 30 years in particular, neoliberalism and globalisation have done huge harm to local indigenous living and the major eco-systems of the...
Read MoreIn last week’s blog I wrote about the limits of the corporate model that attempts to declare war in an effort to restore peace....
Read MoreGlobalisation’s promise to avert World War III has triggered a wide range of other wars. As well as wars between Sovereign states, since Bretton...
Read MoreA community can never own that which was created for them, in the same way that they own that which they create for themselves....
Read MoreLast week I received a great email from someone whom I find to be a terrifically deep thinker. They ask the most brilliant questions,...
Read MoreThere is a woman who lives in a neighbourhood in Chicago, who just loves lettuce. She also loves children. Each year she shows the...
Read MoreThe following blog has been written by Tom Dewar, Senior Associate at Nurture Development. Several weeks ago I had the great pleasure of being in the...
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