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6 characteristics of an urban village
Urban design plays a vital role in community building and promoting horizontal community engagement. This video and an associated report, New London Villages: Creating community, (Scanlon, Sagor, Whitehead and Mossa, 2016) explore the concept of villages within the city of … Continue reading
Posted in Working with communities
Tagged Community building, Community engagement, For students, Urban design, Urban village, Video
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Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration
I’ve decided to make this entertaining and surprising TEDx talk, by Luis von Ahn, required watching in an online undergraduate course (or subject) I teach on community engagement (HLSC2241). Although the course is online, I haven’t included much material about … Continue reading
Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy
An interesting short (7:05 mins) TEDx talk about barriers to community engagement. Dave Meslin suggests apathy isn’t the reason people aren’t involved in community engagement initiatives; it is because they are actively discouraged from becoming involved. He gives a number … Continue reading
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Tagged Community engagement, For students, Social change, TED Talks, Video, Working with communities
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Prescription strength nature – an ad
Getting out in nature really can help. This is a clever ad promoting its benefits based on prescription medicine advertising. You can find out more and see other videos at http://www.nature-rx.org/. If you liked this post please follow my blog … Continue reading
Congratulations to Lock the Gate!
AGL, an Australian gas and electricity company, recently announced that it was abandoning a controversial coal seam project in Gloucester (just north of Newcastle). The Gloucester Gas Project had plans for over 300 gas wells and was facing fierce opposition. … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental sustainability
Tagged Environmental sustainability, Social change, Video
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A song for Sunday – This Machine
This is the first Song for Sunday in ages – but it is a great one, and one you probably haven’t heard; it’s had under 6000 views on YouTube. Over Christmas/New Year we went to the Woodford Folk Festival (a … Continue reading
Stan Grant “Racism is destroying the Australian Dream”
In the lead up to Australia Day this is a passionate reminder that we have much to do before we can be proud of our history, particularly in relation to the original inhabitants of the land.
Posted in Social change, Working with communities
Tagged Aboriginal Communities, Australia, Australia Day, Racism, Social justice, Stan Grant, Video
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Jihad Dib on school transformation (TEDx talk)
This TEDx talk by Jihad Dib, the Principal at Punchbowl Boys High, captures the essence of strengths-based practice and highlights the importance of community engagement. In the school of around 450 students, 65% of the students come from the bottom … Continue reading
