Action research

Australia

Clean-up working bee at the Latrobe Valley
Community and Environmental Garden,
Australia

Stories of Success from Rural and Regional Australia: A Video Conference
A video conference and workshop that brought together community, academic and industry speakers to showcase how community-based or community-oriented enterprises in four regions of eastern Australia are strengthening regional economies in new ways.

Community Partnering Project Latrobe Valley, Victoria 1999-2001
A partnership between community members, university based researchers and the Latrobe City Council designed to strengthen the community economy by building upon the assets and capacities of those usually seen as most marginalized. This project was funded by the Australian Research Council Strategic Partnerships-Industry and Training Grants Scheme in collaboration with Monash University and Latrobe City, with contributions from Australian Paper and Loy Yang Power.

Shifting Focus: Alternative Pathways for Communities and Economies
A complete step by step guide to how the Community Partnering Project was conducted and designed for use in other community situations.

Cover of Shifting Focus

• Cover
• Contents
• Section 1 Introduction
• Section 2 Guiding Ideas
• Section 3 Project Overview
• Section 4 Community Researchers
• Section 4 Community Researchers
• Section 5 Working with People
• Section 6 Identifying Secondary Resources
• Section 7 Generating Ideas for Community
  Initiatives
• Section 8 Turning Ideas into Reality
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5
• Appendix 6
  

It's in Our Hands CD Cover

It's in Our Hands video

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USA

Rethinking Economy in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, 1999-2001
Based on a powerpoint presentation that gives an overview of the methods and results of the Pioneer Valley Rethinking Economy Project.

Smallholder house and oil palm harvest, PNG

Papua New Guinea

Working with smallholders to improve productivity: an extension manual for OPIC officers
A field oriented manual that situates the smallholder in a complex environment of multiple households and diverse economies. Designed to help extension officers to identify constraints on oil palm productivity and work with smallholders towards increasing production and community well-being.

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