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== External links ==
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Many sustainability projects develop as networks. As sustainability projects often involve a wider range of stakeholders, and sustainability encourages awareness of the bigger picture, this seems to a certain extent inevitable. Networks also encourage learning and mutual support, sometimes in expected ways, sometimes in unexpected ways.

This article can also be viewed as a shared work space, open to all, for developing ideas for networking, both virtual and real world, for local and wider sustainability action.

Definitions

Networks: '...the process by which relationships and contacts between people or organisations are established, nurtured and utilised for mutual benefit.' Alison Gilchrist: 'Community Development & Networking' (2000)

'Networking is a means of communicating and organising according to a common cause, and a means of providing access to information, support, resources and influence. As such, networking is central to community development practice.' Community Development Exchange W

What communities can do

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  • convene meetings of local stakeholders about community concerns or bigger picture issues such as climate action
  • local quality of life conferences
  • visioning exercises and developing future plans for the area, energy descent or resilience plans
  • green fairs or other sustainability events
  • sustainability weeks
  • sustainability treasure hunts
  • green picnics
  • Green Drinks
  • green maps and green guides
  • sustainability walks or trails
  • appreciative enquiry
  • support asset based community development
  • local sustainability libraries or resource centres, including making use of online networks to share books and other resources
  • support community empowerment through community involvement
  • encourage partnership working
  • encourage and develop local sustainability indicators

Campaigns

Why it matters

As with all networks, sustainability networks can help build and share inspiration, enthusiasm, information, knowledge and resources. Networks can also lead to greater influence for people and groups than they could expect if working alone or in isolation.

Resources

Quotes

"We are not looking for a shallow consensus - a vision we can all agree to half-heartedly but do nothing about. We want a seven generation vision that is inspiring, because that is the world we want to live in, and leave to our children and grandchildren and beyond - the kind of seven-generation consensus that brings every living voice to the table, to consider the needs of those not yet born.

There is no need, then, to be limited by what any current government would do. This process is so much more efficient than theirs that we will rapidly pull ahead of them. We must assume that a sufficiently compelling vision could capture people's imagination and cause political and economic changes in ways unforeseen and unforeseeable. " Sustainable Nova Scotia

"Civic networks emerge in the space beyond government or the market, serving citizens need for knowledge that can enable them to be more active, resourceful, creative and influential."

Professor Stephen Coleman, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

"A defining difference between Empire and Community, Suicide Economy and Living Economy is the shift from hierarchy to networking as organizing principle." David C. Korten

"Networks are the language of our times, but our institutions are not programmed to understand them." Demos

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See also

Interwiki links

Wikipedia: Social network,

External links



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