Northwest
Area Foundation and Democracy Collaborative
Learning/Action
Lab for Community Wealth Building
The Learning/Action lab is a
year-long collaboration, spearheaded by The Democracy Collaborative and
supported by the Northwest Area Foundation, designed to help Native American
communities better engage in comprehensive community economic development.
Working with six organizations in Minnesota, South Dakota, Oregon and
Washington, this intensive training, advisory, education, and business
development program empowers participants to build and retain wealth by
developing effective strategies that foster ownership of enterprise, increase
access to local assets, and create and anchor jobs locally.
Community
Wealth (MAY 2014) The New Barnraising
This new toolkit from the
German Marshall Fund offers policies and practices to empower communities to
preserve civic assets such as public parks, libraries, and recreation centers
in the face of public and private resource constraints. Based on research
conducted in Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Baltimore, the guide offers a
range of strategies to raise money, awareness, and community involvement for
the preservation of community assets.
Community
Wealth (2014) An action plan for Northwest Jacksonville
Like many American cities,
Jacksonville—the largest city in Florida—faces some serious problems regarding
unemployment, disinvestment, and concentrated generational poverty— and, like
most cities, has only a limited set of resources available to tackle these
problems. Are there strategies and
models that can help Jacksonville build community wealth more effectively in
the neighborhoods, like Northwest Jacksonville, that need this help most?
EPA
Smart Growth Implementation Assistance
Grist
(7 JULY 2014) Canadians are eating tar sands pollution
Climate
Progress (8 JULY 2014) Tar sands pollution forces native community to confront
the loss of its oldest tradition
One
River News (7 JULY 2014) Digital Press Release – Health Study in Fort Chipewyan
One
River News (SEPT 2013) Results of Biomonitoring Project 2011-2012
Huffington
Post (7 JULY 2014) First Nations Report: Heavy metals from oilsands
contaminating food
CBC
News (7 JULY 2014) Study suggests link between oilsands and Fort Chip illnesses
Globe
and Mail (7 JULY 2014) Mike Harris – Work together on Gateway, for prosperity’s
sake
CBC
News (8 JULY 2014) SunMine solar farm construction begins in Kimbrly BC
Vancouver
Sun (7 JULY 2014) Kimberly taps the sun for electrical power
SunMIne
to be first grid-sized solar plant to tie into BC Hydro system
Grist
(7 JULY 2014) Vegetarians live longer, pollute less – and you no longer have to
take their word for it
Climate
Progress (8 JULY 2014) Renewable energy provided one-third of Germany’s power
in the first half of 2014
Conference
Board of Canada (SEPT 2013) Absent workers cost the Canadian economy billions
Conference Board of Canada – Health, Work and Wellness
The
Better Workplace Conference 2014
Huffington
Post Blog (20 DEC 2011) Companies curb health care costs with penalties and
rewards for employees
Towers
Watson (FEB 2014) Staying@Work Report – Canada
Report indicates stress is number one concern in regards to
health and wellness.
Climate
Progress (8 JULY 2014) Chevron admits the truth: Oil shale will use huge
amounts of Western water
