Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Local Living Communities / CED
Margrit Kennedy on the Subject of Money
WEBSITE Reference, Apr. 20, 2004 (Website on the Subject of Money) - Prof. Dr. Margrit Kennedy, is an architect with a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning and a Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs. She has published books, articles and reports on community school planning and building, women and architecture, urban ecology, permaculture, money, land and tax systems. She has also practised architecture and urban planning in Brazil, Nigeria, Scotland, the USA and Germany and has worked as a professor for Ecological Building Technologies at the Department of Architecture, University of Hanover. Read more about Margrit Kennedy on the subject of money. She's speaking at the Local Currencies Conference, June 24th - 27th.
Margrit Kennedy on the Subject of Money
WEBSITE Reference, Apr. 20, 2004 (Website on the Subject of Money) - Prof. Dr. Margrit Kennedy, is an architect with a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning and a Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs. She has published books, articles and reports on community school planning and building, women and architecture, urban ecology, permaculture, money, land and tax systems. She has also practised architecture and urban planning in Brazil, Nigeria, Scotland, the USA and Germany and has worked as a professor for Ecological Building Technologies at the Department of Architecture, University of Hanover. Read more about Margrit Kennedy on the subject of money. She's speaking at the Local Currencies Conference, June 24th - 27th.
Our Shifting Focus / Designer Workplaces
Top Ten Reasons to Play at Work
WEBSITE Reference, Apr. 20,2004 (Nonprofit Online News @ The Gilbert Center) - "I have never embraced the sad distinction between work and play that most of us have to live with because our culture and our economies reinforce it. So I was happy to read Linda Naiman's Top Ten Reasons to Play at Work. She says: 1. Play is the path to fun and profit. 2. "Fun is the new status symbol." 3. "Non-stop work is for losers" 4. Even God rested on the 7th day! 5. We need time to be idle. 6. Play helps us find our genius. 7. Play is crucial to attaining a work/life balance. 8. The bow kept forever taut will break (Zen saying). 9. Play is smart corporate strategy for solving problems. 10. Play keeps our passions alive in the workplace."
Top Ten Reasons to Play at Work
WEBSITE Reference, Apr. 20,2004 (Nonprofit Online News @ The Gilbert Center) - "I have never embraced the sad distinction between work and play that most of us have to live with because our culture and our economies reinforce it. So I was happy to read Linda Naiman's Top Ten Reasons to Play at Work. She says: 1. Play is the path to fun and profit. 2. "Fun is the new status symbol." 3. "Non-stop work is for losers" 4. Even God rested on the 7th day! 5. We need time to be idle. 6. Play helps us find our genius. 7. Play is crucial to attaining a work/life balance. 8. The bow kept forever taut will break (Zen saying). 9. Play is smart corporate strategy for solving problems. 10. Play keeps our passions alive in the workplace."
Exemplary Resources / Community Engagement
Welcome to the Public Engagement Web Site
WEBSITE Reference, Apr. 20, 2004 (CIDA) - Would you like to: * find out who's doing what in public engagement in Canada? find some public engagement resources? * network with Canadian organizations that share your interests? This Web site can help you: network or collaborate with like-minded people share information, knowledge, and resources learn more about public engagement and international cooperation. CIDA's Public Engagement Strategy and Action Plan. The directory is based on a survey taken between January and April 2000. The NGO Division sent a questionnaire about public engagement to approximately 500 Canadian NGOs involved in international cooperation (including both partners and non-partners of CIDA). Approximately 230 of them responded. Visitors to the Public Engagement Web Site can browse or search the Public Engagement Directory to find out more about who's doing what in public engagement in Canada.
Welcome to the Public Engagement Web Site
WEBSITE Reference, Apr. 20, 2004 (CIDA) - Would you like to: * find out who's doing what in public engagement in Canada? find some public engagement resources? * network with Canadian organizations that share your interests? This Web site can help you: network or collaborate with like-minded people share information, knowledge, and resources learn more about public engagement and international cooperation. CIDA's Public Engagement Strategy and Action Plan. The directory is based on a survey taken between January and April 2000. The NGO Division sent a questionnaire about public engagement to approximately 500 Canadian NGOs involved in international cooperation (including both partners and non-partners of CIDA). Approximately 230 of them responded. Visitors to the Public Engagement Web Site can browse or search the Public Engagement Directory to find out more about who's doing what in public engagement in Canada.
