Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Search of the day (July 8)


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

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