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From "Nurturing Our Taro Patches," a column in Hawaii's monthly Paradise Post, by Jimmy Toyama This month I’m pleased to introduce James Koshiba to you. Until recently James was the Executive Director of Kanu Hawaii, a community building organization of which he...

PEEK INSIDE THE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ISSUE OF YES! MAGAZINE   Sharing stuff and services saves money, but the benefits go far beyond the financial. When our goal is to own stuff, to amass square footage and cars and boats and electronic devices, our...

Foreword to Deepening Community: Finding Joy Together in Choatic Times, by Paul Born   The idea of community is all around us and increasingly on our lips. It sells real estate, markets social technology, and appears in the mission statements of most...

We are living in chaotic times. Unemployment rates are increasing along with feelings of loneliness and isolation; people live far from family and friends and so, seek care from professionals; neighbourhoods have tall fences, automatic garage doors, and focus social...

John talks about two different approaches to community organizing in a Q & A session on community development with participants in a workshop sponsored by the Communities First Association. Watch the conversation and discover the difference between community organizing and...

Listen or download Running time: 00:73:00 Tami Simon: You're listening to Insights at the Edge. In this episode, I speak with Peter Block. Peter Block is an author, consultant, and resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose work focuses upon chosen accountability and...

No matter what some disappointed retailers said about last year's sales, the holidays are a bonanza for the toy industry.  The season provides millions of children with an intensive experience in conspicuous consumption.  And the economists argue that our...

“You get food, you get exercise, you get vitamin D … it’s a sense of freedom,” says New York native Ila Falvey in a recent article on community gardening from The Philanthropic Enterprise’s Trends in Innovation series. Falvey was recently elected...

A few years after Judy Wicks opened the White Dog Cafe in West Philadelphia, she hung a sign in her bedroom closet as a daily reminder of what her business could be if she gave it ­creativity and care....