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Direct linkJames, Patricia; Maslin, Mindy; Pringle, Susan M.; Van Clief, Barbara – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
The University Green program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) is an urban forestry partnership between four universities and their surrounding communities. The program offers excellent strategies for fostering improved college-community relations and stewardship by students and residents alike. University Green aims to improve the…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Forestry, Partnerships in Education, Horticulture
Download full textNoguchi, Fumiko – Online Submission, 2010
Since its establishment in 2003, the Japan Council on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD-J) has paid close attention to informal learning processes in community-based efforts to promote local sustainable development. ESD-J carried out two projects to collect information on and visualise community-based ESD practice: the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Informal Education, Community Programs
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2007
In the more than 10 years since the inception of EPA's (Environmental Protection Agency) Brownfields Program, brownfields have been redefined. Properties that were shunned or eyed warily by those with the resources to transform them are now viewed as dormant opportunities for economic and environmental rebirth. Communities that suffered aesthetic…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Student Attitudes, Land Use, Hazardous Materials
Campbell, Duncan, Ed. – 1999
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is an independent agency of the U.S. government that works in Latin America and the Caribbean to promote equitable, participatory, and sustainable development by making grants directly to local organizations. This 30th anniversary report summarizes activities of the IAF in fiscal year 1999 while reflecting on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Community Action, Community Development
Peer reviewedAderinoye, Rashid; Ojokheta, Kester – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This article examines open-distance learning in Nigeria and the role it plays in personal, community, and national development. Following consultation with existing literature, a qualitative survey was conducted using questionnaires, interviews, and participatory experience. Although particular emphasis was paid to the Nigerian context, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Distance Education, Role of Education
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 2000
This document profiles successful projects designed to develop Appalachia's labor force, economy, and educational opportunities. The 86 project profiles provided are grouped by the following five goals that were established for the region by the Appalachian Regional Commission: (1) Appalachian residents will have the skills and knowledge necessary…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Citizen Participation
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 2001
Community learning centers (CLCs) are local educational institutions outside the formal education system that are usually established and managed by local people to provide various learning opportunities designed to empower individuals and promote community development for all community members regardless of age or socioeconomic group. CLCs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Development
