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Agriculture (103)
Trends, Events, and Ideas on ways the agricultural industry can leverage change in sustainable and fruitful ways.

Aquaculture (8)
Ponds, lakes, watersheds, water, fish, fishing -- we must protect them and use them wisely today so they will be available for our children's children tomorrow. These links focus on and sustainable use of our precious water resources.

Conservation (10)
Every decision we make today on how we use the wilderness, the land, and all our natural resources will determine how long our species can survive its ride on "spaceship Earth."

Economic Development (88)
Linkages between urban and rural areas are not as simple as they once were. Isolation doesn't just mean geographically speaking. Through technological means and by cooperation, rural places can overcome many of their obvious challenges. Links within this category explore ways to to just that.

Education (32)
Small town schools are often the best place for folks to meet and hold events; likewise, it is a logical place to often begin working toward systemic change by teaching the students and townspeople ways to collaborate, envision, and lead! Education is the path toward a better tomorrow.

Educational Resources (44)
Curriculum recommendations and guidelines, lesson plans, educational resource materials, programs, guides, sources, student project suggestions, etc. The focus here is on preparing the next generation to be knowledgeable decision-makers.

Emerging Technologies (21)
Research, inventions and innovations today that will impact daily life over the next 2, 5, 10, 20, 30...years

Energy (166)
Energy use over the next five decades will require us to seriously face issues that we have been avoiding over the past five decades. What we use to produce energy, how we use that energy and the consequences of its use are all critical issues. This section focuses on energy use innovations, programs and research aimed at sustainable energy issues, and anything else that touches on these areas. Entrepreneurship (6)
Rural entrepreneurs may be the hope for rural community sustainability. Yet, urban models, old technology, and outmoded concepts are still be using to define rural entrepreneurship. This section focuses on what rural entrepreneurs need to thrive.

Government (6)
Decision making in a new era will require a new type of citizenry: here, you may explore ways in which rural places may be transformed through focusing on ways to get people involved.

Health (10)
Rural health involves different challenges and issues than its urban counterpart. Here you will find resources focused on rural health and medicine.

Housing (8)
Early people in every country built houses from available, renewable matierials. As we reach toward the future, and our populations increase, what kinds of housing will be most energy, resource and human efficient? What materials, designs, constructions will be most sustainable? These links explore the potential future in housing.

Institutes Studies (20)
There are a number of institutes and research organizations investigating rural futures. We can learn from each others successes and mistakes and find others who are trying to solve the same problems we are. Research, experiments, and innovations that are being tried and tested in one location may have relevance to the same problems elsewhere.

Sustainability (22)
A directory of information and services on how your community can adopt sustainable development as a strategy for well-being. Sustainable projects strengthen the local economy; improve and protect the quality of the environment; and enhance the quality of life and the well-being of all of the people in your community.

Transportation (10)
As we move from dependence on fossil fueled transportation, what will take its place? air cars? heli-pods? tele-transporters?

Women (2)
Women are taking on a larger, stronger role in economic development and futures-related issues all over the globe. The role of women in rual places is also changing. Take a look.

Rural Futures Links

Rural Community Innovations - A tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to providing technical assistance to a wide array of rural communities and businesses across America. We provide innovative yet practical solutions for rural development - Strengthening Rural Businesses and Communities, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Cooperative Development, and more.
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Rural Development Council Of Michigan - About - The Rural Partners of Michigan (RPM) is a public/private partnership whose charge is to develop new, collaborative approaches to enhance the future of Michigan citizens by building sustainable communities. RPM is an umbrella organization which continually promotes the membership and active participation of six partner groups: private for-profit and non-profit interests, local, federal and state governments, and Native American tribes.
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Rural Development Initiatives - Pacific NorthWest - Improving the quality of life for all rural Oregonians is the ultimate goal of Rural Development Initiatives, Inc. (RDI), based in Eugene, Oregon. �We work principally with economically distressed rural communities of 2500 or fewer people. RDI builds the capacities of communities to make strategic decisions about their futures and to act on those decisions to ensure a high quality of life,� Finance Manager Jim Adams said.
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Rural Futures - What is the Countryside For? - Rural Futures is a new countryside initiative by a number of organisations, between them representing millions of town and country people throughout Britain.
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Rural Futures - What is the Countryside For? - A Rural Futures organization in Britain serving to ask much of the same questions that NARFI wishes to address on this side of the Atlantic. Check them out!
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Science Organization: Information Technology Services - In 1998 the Rural Futures Group (RFG) started working with 18 high country farmers to assist them to improve farm profitability. Against this there is a concern in this environment that maximising farm production may not promote sustainable farm practices. Of particular concern is the stocking rate that is run on unimproved tussock country.
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Southern Rural Development Center-Welcome! - The Southern Rural Development Center seeks to strengthen the capacity of the region's 29 land-grant institutions to address critical contemporary rural development issues impacting the well-being of people and communities in the rural South.
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Sustainable Living Network - An informal affiliation of people who acknowledge sustainable living -- an approach to all activities compatible with the preservation of the environment, interdependence, respect for life, Nature, and responsibility for future generations. There is no single path towards a sustainable future. Each person, community, group, region, country, or culture should search for its own unique approaches based on historical roots, technologies, population dynamics and specific natural conditions.
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The Digital Divide Network: DDN Home - At the Digital Divide Network, we examine the digital divide from many perspectives. The website offers a range of information, tools and resources that help practictioners stay on top of digital divide developments. It also serves as forum where practictioners can share their experiences with colleagues around the world. We look at the causes and effects of the divide from four distinct angles: technology access, literacy and learning, content, and economic development.
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The Heartland Center for Leadership Development - The Heartland Center for Leadership Development is an independent, nonprofit organization developing local leadership that responds to the challenges of the future. A major focus of the Heartland Center's activities is practical resources and public policies for rural community survival.
(Added: 28-May-2002 Hits: 70 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

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