Friday, November 25, 2005
NFPs / NGOs
The Media Savvy Nonprofit: What it takes to get noticed
VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 21, 2005 (Village Vibes) - Most nonprofits rely on the public for support, yet communicating their message via the mainstream media is often a challenge, whether it's because of a lack of resources or a lack of understanding about how the media operates. Find out what it takes to get your story noticed and some of the strategies that are working for other organizations in this week's cover story at:
http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/news/cover.asp. (Use this link after Nov. 27 - http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/archive/acov.html.)
The Media Savvy Nonprofit: What it takes to get noticed
VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 21, 2005 (Village Vibes) - Most nonprofits rely on the public for support, yet communicating their message via the mainstream media is often a challenge, whether it's because of a lack of resources or a lack of understanding about how the media operates. Find out what it takes to get your story noticed and some of the strategies that are working for other organizations in this week's cover story at:
http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/news/cover.asp. (Use this link after Nov. 27 - http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/archive/acov.html.)
Co-housing
A Virtual Viewing of Co-housing in Nanaimo
NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 24, 2005 (Pacific Gardens) - Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community is very proud to present our new video. To view the video, just click on the following link www.seatosea.ca/pacific_cohousing.mov. If you should have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the email or telephone numbers listed below. Cheers, Valerie Mumford, Sales & Marketing Director, Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community; Tel: 250.754.3060; Fax: 250.743-3034.
A Virtual Viewing of Co-housing in Nanaimo
NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 24, 2005 (Pacific Gardens) - Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community is very proud to present our new video. To view the video, just click on the following link www.seatosea.ca/pacific_cohousing.mov. If you should have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the email or telephone numbers listed below. Cheers, Valerie Mumford, Sales & Marketing Director, Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community; Tel: 250.754.3060; Fax: 250.743-3034.
Local Living Economies
Wal-mart (The Movie): The High Cost of Low Price
ELIST, Nov. 13, 2005 (Nonprofit Online News - http://news.gilbert.org/) - Tonight, I hosted one of more than 7000 viewings of Robert Greenwald's new documentary: WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price. If you haven't seen it yet, please do. And if you have already seen it, take time to study the campaign itself, which is the largest grassroots action of its kind. http://news.gilbert.org/clickthru/redir/5815/54657/rms.
Wal-mart (The Movie): The High Cost of Low Price
ELIST, Nov. 13, 2005 (Nonprofit Online News - http://news.gilbert.org/) - Tonight, I hosted one of more than 7000 viewings of Robert Greenwald's new documentary: WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price. If you haven't seen it yet, please do. And if you have already seen it, take time to study the campaign itself, which is the largest grassroots action of its kind. http://news.gilbert.org/clickthru/redir/5815/54657/rms.
Exemplary Resources / Civic Involvement
Public Participation Research
WEB Reference, July 1, 2005 (Environmental Research Foundation) - Three recent reports suggest that communities will be safer, cleaner, stronger and happier as residents increase their participation in land use planning, zoning, and other environmental decisions [1,2,3] So what tools are out there to help us? For the past two years, Environmental Research Foundation has been reviewing tools to help us participate in civic life. We post these tools on our web site in a section called "What's Working Now." (http://www.rachel.org .) Read more: http://www.rachel.org/search/index.cfm?St=1.
Public Participation Research
WEB Reference, July 1, 2005 (Environmental Research Foundation) - Three recent reports suggest that communities will be safer, cleaner, stronger and happier as residents increase their participation in land use planning, zoning, and other environmental decisions [1,2,3] So what tools are out there to help us? For the past two years, Environmental Research Foundation has been reviewing tools to help us participate in civic life. We post these tools on our web site in a section called "What's Working Now." (http://www.rachel.org .) Read more: http://www.rachel.org/search/index.cfm?St=1.
Neighbourhoods / Equity
Austin's (Texas) Participatory Neighborhood Planning Process
http://www.rachel.org/search/index.cfm?St=1.
Austin's (Texas) Participatory Neighborhood Planning Process
http://www.rachel.org/search/index.cfm?St=1.
Sustainable Neighbourhoods
Time to Bust the Sprawl Status Quo!
BOOK Ref, July 22, 2005 (sprawlkills@starpower.net) - Sprawl Kills – How Blandburbs Steal Your Time, Health and Money" by Joel S. Hirschhorn is exciting, provocative, and filled with unique information. Sprawl Kills examines a combination of interrelated topics that no other book has achieved. You can choose to ignore sprawl, but it will not ignore you. Readers will learn how to fight corrupt sprawl politics used by the sprawl industry, identify sprawl shills, identify true alternatives to sprawl, and kill sprawl, before it kills our country. Check out the book on www.sprawlkills.com.
Time to Bust the Sprawl Status Quo!
BOOK Ref, July 22, 2005 (sprawlkills@starpower.net) - Sprawl Kills – How Blandburbs Steal Your Time, Health and Money" by Joel S. Hirschhorn is exciting, provocative, and filled with unique information. Sprawl Kills examines a combination of interrelated topics that no other book has achieved. You can choose to ignore sprawl, but it will not ignore you. Readers will learn how to fight corrupt sprawl politics used by the sprawl industry, identify sprawl shills, identify true alternatives to sprawl, and kill sprawl, before it kills our country. Check out the book on www.sprawlkills.com.
Event / Community Economic Development – Vancouver, BC – Mar. 15-18
Rooting Development in Community
EMAIL, Aug. 23, 2005 (Canadian CED Network) - The 2006 National Conference on Community Economic Development and the Social Economy that will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 15-18, 2006, is being organized by the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet), The five streams are: Community Sustainability, Community-Based Enterprises, CED and Youth, Aboriginal CED, and Building Bridges Across Sectors. The British Columbia Community Economic Development Network (BCCEDNet), the Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program (CEDTAP) and hosted by Fast Track to Employment. http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/pages/conference.asp.
Rooting Development in Community
EMAIL, Aug. 23, 2005 (Canadian CED Network) - The 2006 National Conference on Community Economic Development and the Social Economy that will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 15-18, 2006, is being organized by the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet), The five streams are: Community Sustainability, Community-Based Enterprises, CED and Youth, Aboriginal CED, and Building Bridges Across Sectors. The British Columbia Community Economic Development Network (BCCEDNet), the Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program (CEDTAP) and hosted by Fast Track to Employment. http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/pages/conference.asp.
Resources / Alternative Energy
Community Alternative Energy Projects
GALT, CA, Nov. 17, 2005 (CIP, by Carol Ann Brodie) -How can communities work together to improve their own lives? How can they help their residents live a more sustainable life, save natural resources, and reduce energy costs? Read more. (Here is a temporary link, if that link didn't work.)
Community Alternative Energy Projects
GALT, CA, Nov. 17, 2005 (CIP, by Carol Ann Brodie) -How can communities work together to improve their own lives? How can they help their residents live a more sustainable life, save natural resources, and reduce energy costs? Read more. (Here is a temporary link, if that link didn't work.)
Neighbourhoods / Social Impacts
Hey There Film-junkies
ELIST, Nov. !0, 2005. (SCARP Forum) - Here is an awesome website with home-spun film clips from NYC promoting more people friendly places in the city. Of course, I particularly like "Walking to School in the Bronx" http://homepage.mac.com/trorb/T.A./iMovieTheater82.html.
Hey There Film-junkies
ELIST, Nov. !0, 2005. (SCARP Forum) - Here is an awesome website with home-spun film clips from NYC promoting more people friendly places in the city. Of course, I particularly like "Walking to School in the Bronx" http://homepage.mac.com/trorb/T.A./iMovieTheater82.html.
Events / Local Living Economies – Vancouver, BC – Dec. 3rd
Buy Local, Support Yourself!
Join us December 3rd from 11-5 on the back lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery to discover, shop and celebrate all things local. In partnership with the Business Improvement Areas, Vancouver Economic Development and the City of Vancouver, BALLE BC will host a marketplace of local vendors to showcase the strength and diversity of our local economy. The goal of the Buy Local, Support Yourself campaign is to encourage Vancouverites to shop locally first this holiday season and support Vancouver businesses and to build awareness of the quality of products and ingenuity of entrepreneurs we have in our City. We will be inviting shop owners to display posters and distribute information to their customers. This will be an ongoing campaign that supports every neighbourhood shopping area in Vancouver by bringing representation together in one prominent City space. Visit our new buy local site! Click Here. http://buylocalsupportyourself.com.
Buy Local, Support Yourself!
Join us December 3rd from 11-5 on the back lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery to discover, shop and celebrate all things local. In partnership with the Business Improvement Areas, Vancouver Economic Development and the City of Vancouver, BALLE BC will host a marketplace of local vendors to showcase the strength and diversity of our local economy. The goal of the Buy Local, Support Yourself campaign is to encourage Vancouverites to shop locally first this holiday season and support Vancouver businesses and to build awareness of the quality of products and ingenuity of entrepreneurs we have in our City. We will be inviting shop owners to display posters and distribute information to their customers. This will be an ongoing campaign that supports every neighbourhood shopping area in Vancouver by bringing representation together in one prominent City space. Visit our new buy local site! Click Here. http://buylocalsupportyourself.com.
