Nurturing the Carrying Capacity of Communities
October 6, 2017
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In structural engineering the concept of “carrying or bearing capacity” of soil refers to “a given mass of soil’s resilience and receptivity to infrastructure...
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Five Motivations to Act
When asking people good life questions, we are in pursuit of what motivates the person, to: take action, make a contribution, to show...
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David Ellermann’s Helping Theory
As organisations endeavor to make the shift in focus from what’s wrong to what’s strong, there is much to be gained from having an...
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The Good Life Conversation
The Good Life Conversation works within Asset-Based Community Development practise as questions that help steer towards more life enhancing conversations....
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Part 3: The Importance of Asking
Before you engage with communities you must be prepared to invest in supporting local residents in building them, not so you can harvest/harness their...
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Part 2: Social Prescription or Medical Proscription?
Supporting people to create pathways towards a good life is not about prescriptions or referrals, it is about walking alongside people in their life’s...
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Social Prescribing, a panacea or another top-down programme? Part 1
(this is part 1 of 4 in a blog series) Over the next four blogs I wish to critically explore an approach to patient support...
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Resilience or resurgence – which do we need most?
Two years ago on today's date the national newspaper The Irish Times led with the front page headline: “Economic activity returns to pre-crash levels”. Was this...
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Conversation with John McKnight and Peter Block
Audio recording, John McKnight, Peter Block and Cormac Russell in conversation. They discuss concepts of Learning Sites, Community Animators and a wide range of...
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A Question for Community Wellbeing
"I believe it is time to state clearly that specific situations and circumstances are "sickening," rather than that people themselves are sick. The symptoms...
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You measure best when you treasure first
Over the last six months I've been using an app on my phone, which counts the steps I take each day, like millions of...
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A quick history of the evolution of civic power
Once we were free, feral and tribal. We traded among our tribes using gift exchange and bartered with enemies and strangers. Then Pharaohs and their...
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