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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1278dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866330000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Internet Links</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Documents"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866330000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Documents</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bookstore"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866330000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bookstore</U></A></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="196" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#99FFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id40_m.htm#community_based_research" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Internet Links"><U><B>Community-based research</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="186"><div> <A HREF="id40_m.htm#community_dialogue" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Internet Links"><U><B>Community Dialogue</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="186"><div> <A HREF="id40_m.htm#land_trusts" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Internet Links"><U><B>Land Trusts</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id40_m.htm#regional" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Internet Links"><U><B>Regional research centers</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id40_m.htm#civic_renewal_movement" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Internet Links"><U><B>Civic Renewal Movement</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1288dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>New Directions CBRI</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Directions CBRI"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> back to  <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U><B>Library</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Internet Links</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Civic Renewal Movement</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="civic_renewal_movement"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Civic Practices Network (CPN)  </B>" is a collaborative and nonpartisan project bringing together a diverse array of organizations and perspectives within the civic renewal movement. We share a commitment to bring practical methods for public problem solving into every community and institutional setting in America. We assume the responsibility of telling our stories, so that all citizens may have the opportunity to learn from what others are doing to renew their communities. And we have a common faith that we can revitalize our democracy to tackle the complex problems of the 21st century if we can broadly exchange and continually refine the civic wisdom of what works and what empowers citizens to work together."  Their website is <A HREF="http://www.cpn.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cpn.org"><U>www.cpn.org</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Peter Levine</B> is  Director  of CIRCLE (the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) and a research scholar at the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy, which are both housed in the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. He has a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University.   His "blog for civic renewal" is at <A HREF="http://www.peterlevine.ws/mt/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.peterlevine.ws/mt/"><U>http://www.peterlevine.ws/mt/</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Community-based research</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="community_based_research"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Loka Institute.</B>   As stated on the <A HREF="http://www.loka.org/" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.loka.org/" target="_blank"><U>Loka home page</U></A>, </div> <div> "'Loka' <I>is derived from the ancient Sanscrit word, </I>lokasamgraha<I>, which means:  unity of the world, interconnectedness of society, and the duty to perform action for the benefit of the world.</I>"</div> <bR> <div> "Founded in 1987, the Loka Institute is a nonprofit [501(c)(3)] research and advocacy organization concerned with the social, political, and environmental repercussions of science and technology.  Loka works to make science and technology more responsive to social and environmental concerns by expanding opportunities for grassroots, public-interest group, everyday citizen, and worker involvement in vital facets of science and technology decision making."</div> <bR> <div> Loka is working to develop the <A HREF="http://www.loka.org/crn/index.htm" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.loka.org/crn/index.htm" targe"><U>Community Research Network</U></A>, through e-mail networking, annual conferences and a number of useful  publications, including the 1998 report, <U>Community-Based Research in the United States</U>, which is available online and in print.  New Directions is an active participant in CRN.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Community Dialogue</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="community_dialogue"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Study Circles Resource Center.</B>   The following is from their Website,  <A HREF="http://www.studycircles.org/"target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.studycircles.org/"target="_bl"><U>www.studycircles.org</U></A>.</div> <div> The Study Circles Resource Center is dedicated to finding ways for all kinds of people to engage in dialogue and problem solving on critical social and political issues. SCRC helps communities by giving them the tools to organize productive dialogue, recruit diverse participants, find solutions, and work for action and change.</div> <bR> <div> The Topsfield Foundation created the Study Circles Resource Center in 1989. Since then, SCRC has worked with many kinds of communities, on many different issues, to develop a process for bringing people together for creative community change.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Land Trusts</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="land_trusts"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Burlington Associates in Community Development, </B><B>LLC</B>  is a national consulting cooperative specializing in the creation of nonprofit organizations, residential projects, commercial facilities, public policies, and neighborhood plans that promote equitable and sustainable community development.  Community land trusts have been a long-time focus of much of this work, along with other strategies for building community assets like limited equity cooperatives, community development corporations, and community development financial institutions.  These services are provided to municipal governments, state governments, and nonprofit organizations in the United States.  Read more at the <A HREF="http://www.burlingtonassociates.com/" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.burlingtonassociates.com/" ta"><U>Burlington Associates</U></A> Web site.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The E. F. Schumacher Society.   </B>One of the Society's goals has been to create new institutional forms that provide access to land based on social and ecological objectives rather than market forces.  The community land trust model developed by Robert Swann provides just such a vehicle for decommoditizing land and places stewardship in the hands of a democratically-structured, regional organization.  The <A HREF="http://www.schumachersociety.org/" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.schumachersociety.org/" targe"><U>Schumacher Society</U></A>, actively involved with its Berkshire community land trust, has published a handbook of legal documents that help others to organize community land trusts.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>The Land Centre.  </B>A very informative paper, with a Canadian perspective, John Boon, "Land Trust Paper," 1997, is available online.  Search for it by title at the <A HREF="http://www.landcentre.ca/" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.landcentre.ca/" target="_blan"><U>Land Centre</U></A> Web site.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Land Trust Alliance</B> is the national organization of land conservation groups.  Its mission is to promote voluntary land conservation and to strengthen the land trust movement by providing the leadership, information, skills and resources that land trusts need to conserve land for the benefit of communities and natural systems.</div> <bR> <div> In New York, LTA works with over 80 land trusts that are working to preserve the important open spaces of the state.  Collectively, land trusts have protected over 217,000 acres of land in New York--this is land that is permanently conserved for future generations.  Some of this land is owned by land trusts; in other cases the land trust holds a conservation easement.  Land trusts can also work with communities as "friends groups" to help steward publicly owned property.</div> <bR> <div> The Land Trust Alliance asks that each land trust adopt Land Trust Standards and Practices, a set of 15 operating principles that govern ethical behavior and sound land transactions.   Click on <A HREF="http://www.lta.org/" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lta.org/" target="_blank"><U> </U></A><A HREF="http://www.lta.org/" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lta.org/" target="_blank"><U>www.lta.org</U></A><A HREF="http://www.lta.org/" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lta.org/" target="_blank"><U>.</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>(The above adapted from a letter by Tammara Van Ryn, Eastern Region Director, to Lori Baldassare, Mt. Sinai Civic Assn., 8/29/00.)</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Regional research and policy centers</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="regional"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Long Island Index.  </B>The Index, funded by the Rauch Foundation and directed until 2006 by Carrie Meek Gallagher, is a status report on the Long Island region that aims to engage the larger Long Island community in thinking about the region's future and to be a catalyst for corrective action.  Their Website is at <A HREF="http://www.longislandindex.org" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.longislandindex.org" target=""><U>www.longislandindex.org.</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>