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Toward Sustainable Communities
Each author of Toward Sustainable Communities is an experienced, award-winning instructor, trainer, and consultant. Between us we have decades of experience helping associations, organizations, and communities pursue sustainable community development. This edition of the book and the many resources here on Pando are designed to make learning and application effective and easy in a wide variety of settings.
The applied, participatory approach we use works beautifully in professional development initiatives (governments, commissions, foundations, nonprofit agencies, professional associations, businesses, sustainability offices), academic credit programs (graduate, undergraduate), noncredit programs (workshops, lifelong learning, professional certificates), and self-directed efforts (neighborhood associations, civic organizations, faith groups, unions, advocacy groups).
The key to our collaborative approach is the equitable and inclusive application of the concepts and methods in the book in a specific place. Contact us for help with your unique situation.
Here are some examples from our experience of how this could play out in different situations:
Academic credit courses are experiential and learner-centered, asking students to learn integrated concepts and complete assignments that apply learning from the book to their own community. Deliverables can include community profiles, strategic plans, project plans, and program evaluations.
Noncredit courses cover discrete concepts one at a time, with direct application to specific community or organizational challenges.
Professional development training can be designed based on the book.
Community engagement efforts can be enhanced using the book as a guide.
Self-directed efforts benefit from coaching throughout application of discrete or integrated concepts.
Management tools (decision-support, monitoring, reporting, program evaluation, etc.) can be based on the book.
For specific guidance about these possibilities, please contact us here.