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Empowerment on an Unstable Planet: From Seeds of Human Energy to a Scale of Global Change

Authors: 
Taylor, Carl
Authors: 
Taylor, Daniel
Authors: 
Taylor, Jesse Oak
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press
Date: 
November, 2011
Empowerment.

Since World War II, development projects have invested more than two trillion dollars towards health services, poverty alleviation, education, food security, and environmental initiatives around the world. Despite these efforts, 20% of the world still lives on less than $1.50 a day and the environment within which all live declines dramatically. There are clear limits to what further investments at this rate can achieve. This book advances the thesis that a more effective and universal foundation for social change and environmental restoration is not money, but human energy.

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Autumn 2011 Newsletter

Authors: 
Future Generations
Date: 
September, 2011
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Future Generations and the Future Generations Graduate School specializes in "empowering communities to shape their futures."

The 2011 newsletter features:

  • Dean’s Corner
  • Students Learning with Haitian Communities
  • Afghanistan Partnerships in Rural Education
  • China, Local Wisdom for Nature Conservation
  • India, Tribal Women Collect Data and Save Lives
  • Peruvian Women Leaders Strengthen Bonds
  • West Virginians Volunteer 6,000 Hours
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Empowering Women Leaders Worldwide for Community Change

Authors: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
June, 2011
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Learn about alumnae of the Future Generations Graduate School and enjoy select profiles of exemplary women leaders featured in this booklet. These women are leaders paving the way for community change in their home countries. Since 2003, the Master's Degree program in Applied Community Change and Conservation has equipped these women with skills in such areas as conservation, empowerment, health, and peacebuilding. These women learn these skills while living in their communities interacting with faculty and sharing lessons with each other during four one-month residentials.

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Guyana Community Scholars Initiative

Authors: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Publisher: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
May, 2011
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This  brochure introduces the Guyana Community Scholars Initiative, a partnership of Future Generations Graduate School and the Guyanese and American Business and Professional Council to build the capacity of development practitioners in Guyana.

To learn more and receive regular updates by email, sign up for the Guyana Community Scholars e-newsletter.

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Canoeing Down the Zambezi

Authors: 
Robert L. Fleming Jr.
Publisher: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
May, 2011
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Venture down the Zambezi River in Zambia on a canoe trip with Robert L. Fleming, Jr., a faculty member of the Future Generations Graduate School. Dr. Fleming celebrates the biodiversity of this river system and highlights community based partnerships that link nature conservation with community development.

This 16 page report has 11 full-color photographs of hippos, elephants, and more.

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Future Generations Afghanistan Fact Sheet

Authors: 
Future Generations
Publisher: 
Future Generations
Date: 
April, 2011
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This two-page fact sheet introduces the major activities of Future Generations Afghanistan.

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People's Participation in Conflict Transformation: A Case Study of Jana Andolan II in Nepal

Authors: 
Bandita Sijapati
Authors: 
Social Science Baha
Publisher: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
February, 2011
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A decade-long Maoist insurgency in Nepal killed more than 10,000 people. In 2006, a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) reached a 12-point understanding with the Maoists toward a common goal of ending the rule of King Gyanendra, reinstating parliament, and opening elections to all parties for a Constituent Assembly to draft a constitution.

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Annual Report 2010: Global Lessons Coming Home

Authors: 
Future Generations
Authors: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
February, 2011
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This 2010 Annual Report features five core lessons that Future Generations and the Future Generations Graduate School advanced during the last year:

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Computer and Broadband Use in West Virginia: Initial Summary Report

Authors: 
Emily Carlson
Authors: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Publisher: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
December, 2010
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This eight-page report features results of a baseline study to better understand computer and broadband use in West Virginia. This study was conducted as part of a new project of the Future Generations Graduate School to expand broadband and educational access to rural communities across West Virginia through partnerships with 60 volunteer fire departments.

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Afghanistan 2010 Fact Sheet

Authors: 
Future Generations
Date: 
May, 2010
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This two-page country fact sheet summarizes readers with how Future Generations is building upon Afghanistan's successes for peace and using a three-way partnership approach to improve the resourcefulness of communities.

 

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