Community Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Celebrations of Honor and Respect From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	This chapter explores developing events that are both environmentally aware and nurturing for humanity.	Sharon Kallis	30	2014	$3.00 Add
From NEW! Challenges of Our Communities Growing Local Leadership From: Building Community View New Society Publishers	Local Communities: The Foundation of Society – Challenges That Local Communities Are Facing – Community Capital: What It Is and Why It Matters – The Guiding Principles: How They …	James S. Gruber	11	2020	$1.10 Add
From NEW! How a Shelter Can Prevent Homelessness Prevention Services at the Old Brewery Mission106 From: Ending Homelessness in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	George Ohana’s Chapter on shelters looks at how current shelters can adapt and evolves to offer solutions to end homelessness instead of just treating the symptoms. By looking at policy, …	Georges Ohana	13	2024	$1.30 Add
From NEW! The Namerind Story From: Ending Homelessness in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	Robert Byers’ Chapter 8 follows his story of creating Indigenous owned affordable housing. Through his company he has been able to provide Indigenous focused affordable housing for member …	Robert Byers	10	2024	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Our Culture Is Our Code How to Prevent Homelessness in the First Nation World From: Ending Homelessness in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In chapter 9 Michale rice talk s about his decades of experience working within his community and along side others to transform the way reserves are run, turning them from dependant to …	Michael L. Rice	17	2024	$1.70 Add
From Coming Home to the Sacred From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	Looking at the introduction of Christianity to the Picts in Scotland, comparing it to the ethos of Native American religions.	Heather Menzies	11	2014	$1.10 Add
From Common-Good Governance Locally and Globally From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	There is a wealth of precedent out there to inspire a commoning movement, though not necessarily yet as scaled up, more polycentric levels.	Heather Menzies	12	2014	$1.20 Add
Common Threads Weaving Community through Collaborative Eco-Art New Society Publishers	Common Threads is a unique guide to engaging community members in communal handwork for the greater good. Author Sharon Kallis provides a wealth of ideas for: * Working with unwanted natural …	Sharon Kallis	283	2014	View
From Common Threads From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	Weaving unmistakably weaves us all together regardless of what culture we come from. There are three kinds of woven cloth that can be found worldwide — everything comes back to tabby, twill …	Sharon Kallis	12	2014	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Community Control of Public Housing From: Dispatches from the Threshold View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, the authors trace the 1970 to 1974 rent strike at Stella Wright Homes in Newark, New Jersey, where leaders like Toby Henry and Rev. Thomas Comerford won tenant management of …	Ari McCaskill; Peter Blackmer	10	2025	$1.00 Add
From Community Engagement From: In The Business of Change View New Society Publishers	A lesson they’ve learned is the importance of creating opportunities for empowerment and sustenance for the people they’re trying to help. Giving away free items without being mindful …	Elisa Birnbaum	16	2018	$1.60 Add
From Community Wellbeing: A Social Framework for Domicide From: Resisting Eviction View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 9 continues a chronological trajectory documenting the wider struggle and events unfolding around the redevelopment proposal for the neighbourhood. Crosby provides a window into the …	Andrew Crosby	27	2023	$2.70 Add
From Comon Knowledge and Knowledge Commons From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	Claiming our agency as participants in situations, communities, and habitats who become responsibly knowledgeable about them is a huge first step towards reclaiming the commons.	Heather Menzies	11	2014	$1.10 Add
Conflict Is Not Abuse Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair Arsenal Pulp Press	From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability. Illuminating the difference between …	Sarah Schulman	304	2016	View
From Crossing a Threshold From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	The author’s trip to Scotland, to her family’s ancestral roots in Tulliro.	Heather Menzies	4	2014	$0.40 Add
From CSA From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model is transformative. It changes the way farmers farm, the way markets function, and the way consumers relate to the production chain. The CSA model …	Gary S. Kleppel	5	2014	$0.50 Add