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How Much Do You Use? Calculate Your Ecological Footprint
http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/intro.htm
By answering 13 questions on this web site, called Redefining Progress, you can assess your use of natural resources. Try this exercise with your community or see if you can apply it to any of the communities in Where We Live.

Learn About Your Community from Far Away
http://wwwedu.ssc.nasa.gov/fad/default.asp
From a Distance: An Introduction to Remote Sensing, GIS/GPS is a learning technologies web site with more than 100 lessons for students of all ages on using images from satellites, maps and other information to learn about population, nature and other geography topics. Try some of these with your community or school!

Go There. Be There. Serve. Learn.
http://www.villagestudies.org/
The mission of the Institute for Village Studies is to provide learning experiences through service, exploration and study in developing nations and to support community development opportunities defined by host villages.

How Small American Towns Can Create a Better Future
http://www.natat.org/ncsc/
The National Center for Small Communities offers the Thriving Hometown Network, a collection of case histories/small town success stories. The NCSC also offers "how-to" publications with worksheets and checklists useful for town ship officials, planners and organizers. Links to websites on rural development and community capacity building

From Theory to Practice: Share Your Ideas!
http://www.sustainable.org/
The Sustainable Communities Network addresses topics like creating community, smart growth, growing a sustainable economy, protecting natural resources and living sustainably. This web site has case studies and a new feature called sustainable communities online "linking citizens to resources and each other."

Community Renewal. Respect for the Land. Mutual Aid. Human Scale
http://www.schumachersociety.org/index.html
The namesake of the E.F. Schumacher Society wrote Small is Beautiful and Economics as if People Mattered. This web site includes practical information about community currencies and land trusts, environmental sustainability and other issues that the Schumacher Society ties together.

InterConnection: Weaving a Web of Support Around the World
http://www.interconnection.org/index.php
With "virtual volunteers" around the world, this group helps design, host and support web sites for community-based and non-government organizations. They have a gallery of sites and plenty of ideas to connect communities, schools and cultures. Example: PeaceMatch, bringing returned Peace Corps Volunteers together with people who want to learn from them.

Stone Soup: A Call to Action
http://www.soup4world.com/
Stone Soup for the World has put the proceeds from the Stone Soup folktale (where people learn they can accomplish a lot even when they think they have very little) to work. "Its heroes are legendary people and ordinary folks who, by their conviction, imagination, innovation, persistence, hard work and courage, have lifted their neighbors and their communities. They challenge each of us to respond in kind."

How Poor is Poor?
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/index.htm
The World Bank's PovertyNet web site has information for understanding and responding to poverty. It has "the facts" and a lot more, including Twenty Questions About Poverty and Development and Voices of the Poor, case studies from around the world..

How Well is Your Community Doing? Is it Sustainable?
http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/
This web site is about ways to measure how well a community is meeting the needs and expectations of its present and future members. One of the primary goals is to explain what indicators are, how indicators relate to sustainability, how to identify good indicators of sustainability, and how indicators can be used to measure progress toward building a sustainable community.

Smart Communities Network
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/
Want to see how other communities, large and small, measure their progress? This web site offers a wide variety of examples. It also looks at green building and development, community energy and land use, transportation and rural issues.

Healthy Landscapes, Vibrant Economies and Livable Communities
http://www.sonoran.org/resources/si_case_studies_main.html
Institute web site described how small rural towns in western North America have tackled environmental, cultural and economic challenges using "broad based partnership, civic dialogue and cross- boundary cooperation."

Communities by Choice: Economy, Ecology…Equity
http://www.communitiesbychoice.org/
The web sit of the Sustainable Development Resource Network has a rich collection of ideas, "how-to's", tips, articles and case studies for anyone interested in sustainability and related issues.

	More Links.. More Links for Learning More About Communities How Much Do You Use? Calculate Your Ecological Footprint http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/intro.htm By answering 13 questions on this web site, called Redefining Progress, you can assess your use of natural resources. Try this exercise with your community or see if you can apply it to any of the communities in Where We Live. Learn About Your Community from Far Away http://wwwedu.ssc.nasa.gov/fad/default.asp From a Distance: An Introduction to Remote Sensing, GIS/GPS is a learning technologies web site with more than 100 lessons for students of all ages on using images from satellites, maps and other information to learn about population, nature and other geography topics. Try some of these with your community or school! Go There. Be There. Serve. Learn. http://www.villagestudies.org/ The mission of the Institute for Village Studies is to provide learning experiences through service, exploration and study in developing nations and to support community development opportunities defined by host villages. How Small American Towns Can Create a Better Future http://www.natat.org/ncsc/ The National Center for Small Communities offers the Thriving Hometown Network, a collection of case histories/small town success stories. The NCSC also offers "how-to" publications with worksheets and checklists useful for town ship officials, planners and organizers. Links to websites on rural development and community capacity building From Theory to Practice: Share Your Ideas! http://www.sustainable.org/ The Sustainable Communities Network addresses topics like creating community, smart growth, growing a sustainable economy, protecting natural resources and living sustainably. This web site has case studies and a new feature called sustainable communities online "linking citizens to resources and each other." Community Renewal. Respect for the Land. Mutual Aid. Human Scale http://www.schumachersociety.org/index.html The namesake of the E.F. Schumacher Society wrote Small is Beautiful and Economics as if People Mattered. This web site includes practical information about community currencies and land trusts, environmental sustainability and other issues that the Schumacher Society ties together. InterConnection: Weaving a Web of Support Around the World http://www.interconnection.org/index.php With "virtual volunteers" around the world, this group helps design, host and support web sites for community-based and non-government organizations. They have a gallery of sites and plenty of ideas to connect communities, schools and cultures. Example: PeaceMatch, bringing returned Peace Corps Volunteers together with people who want to learn from them. Stone Soup: A Call to Action http://www.soup4world.com/ Stone Soup for the World has put the proceeds from the Stone Soup folktale (where people learn they can accomplish a lot even when they think they have very little) to work. "Its heroes are legendary people and ordinary folks who, by their conviction, imagination, innovation, persistence, hard work and courage, have lifted their neighbors and their communities. They challenge each of us to respond in kind." How Poor is Poor? http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/index.htm The World Bank's PovertyNet web site has information for understanding and responding to poverty. It has "the facts" and a lot more, including Twenty Questions About Poverty and Development and Voices of the Poor, case studies from around the world.. How Well is Your Community Doing? Is it Sustainable? http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/ This web site is about ways to measure how well a community is meeting the needs and expectations of its present and future members. One of the primary goals is to explain what indicators are, how indicators relate to sustainability, how to identify good indicators of sustainability, and how indicators can be used to measure progress toward building a sustainable community. Smart Communities Network http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/ Want to see how other communities, large and small, measure their progress? This web site offers a wide variety of examples. It also looks at green building and development, community energy and land use, transportation and rural issues. Healthy Landscapes, Vibrant Economies and Livable Communities http://www.sonoran.org/resources/si_case_studies_main.html Institute web site described how small rural towns in western North America have tackled environmental, cultural and economic challenges using "broad based partnership, civic dialogue and cross- boundary cooperation." Communities by Choice: Economy, Ecology…Equity http://www.communitiesbychoice.org/ The web sit of the Sustainable Development Resource Network has a rich collection of ideas, "how-to's", tips, articles and case studies for anyone interested in sustainability and related issues.