Resources: Social Change

A Clearing is intended to address a conflict between two individuals. Clearings are helpful when a relationship with someone is feeling heated or tense, and your thoughts and feelings about…

Working with young people strengthens communities, creates connection, and helps shape individuals by preparing them for the future. Youth work includes all kinds of activities with, for, and by young…

Groups and individuals can both benefit from prioritising and discussing how to promote sustainability within the group.  Personal sustainability is about taking care of yourself, so you can keep doing…

Stress is inevitable when working with other people and on issues that are important. Each one of us reacts to stress differently, and therefore it is useful to consider the…

Often the initiating group evolves into a supportive core group which provides 'services' to Seed Projects and Theme Groups.  The core group often takes on new roles like: coordinating activities…

How do you assess how well your projects and activities are working? How might they be improved? How can your group plan, implement, and reflect on monitoring and evaluation (M&E)? …

Being part of the Transition movement is  about joining a global movement and building a future everyone can live in. Transition is both a huge challenge and a huge opportunity.…

Groups go through different stages related to when people got involved. Founders, first supporters, and later generations can have different perspectives.  Roles may significantly change as a group grows and…

Succession is the process of passing over responsibility for 'holding' a project and is one of the key issues for long term success. Some might call this a leadership role…

Building networks is about identifying people and groups who are aligned with your project and others like it, and building mutual friendships to support each other. With some of these…

Creating a collective positive vision of your future community can be creative and energising, putting you in touch with how important it is to have a safe, healthy, peaceful future,…

There is always more that brings us together than that which separates us. How do you build friendship and trust in communities across all possible barriers?  How do you create…