Unlimited vision
Subtitle: ideas for building inclusive, sustainable communities
By: edited by the Columbia Institute Centre for Civic Governance
Series: Innovative strategies series -- volume 2; Innovative strategies series -- v. 2.
Publisher: Columbia Institute, Centre for Civic Governance
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780978430962
Subjects: Community leadership; Sustainable development; Climatic changes; Municipal government; Local taxation; Urbanization; Housing; Plastic bags; Environmental aspects; Wages
Description: "A selection of inspiring leadership stories, provocative thinking and concrete accomplishments in community governance. This collection reveals the passion, expertise and wisdom of people who have made a different through leadership, teamwork and perseverance"--Introductionpages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Rising to the challenge : courage in leadership. Liberal leadership in a conservative environment / Rocky Anderson; title: Grassroots leadership : persistent, insistent and consistent / John Rodriguez; title: Educators : connectors, visionaries, sustainability revolutionaries / Stevern Cullis-Suzuki; title: Part 2. Big ideas : where can we go from here? What you need to know : a climate change primer / John Fyfe; title: Tax-shifting : a sustainability power tool / Donna Morton; title: The revolution will be urbanized / Jeb Brugmann; title: Part 3. Citizen engagement building your constituency. Reflections on coalition building / Murry Krause; title: Staff are the forgotten constituency / Joan Sawicki; title: Citizen action for democratic communities : the path in Guelph / Karen Farbridge; title: Pushing the leadership envelope / John Sewell; title: Community engagement : building a community voice / Garland Yates; title: Part 4. On the ground : ideas in action. How we did it : sustainable successions in Dawson Creek / Emanuel Machado and Josha MacNab; title: Hot tips for smart; title: and affordable; title: growth / Cheeying Ho; title: Banning plastic bags and building environmental awareness / Bond Ryan; title: Living wage : an opportunity for hope / Jaimie McEvoy.