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Community Sustainability (12) For a rural community to survive, we must identify the strengths that already exist in a community, embrace the diverse elements within each community, and learn how to collaborate together for a sustainable future. Community Technology Centers (6) Community Technology Centers provide access and skill training on computers and related technologies to help us bridge the Digital Divide. Current Issues Research (1) Institutes and research focused on current issues of rural life, including rural poverty, rural health, government assistance, challenges of rural life and many more topics. Explore Opportunities (6) In thinking of innovative strategies for rural sustainability, we need to consider current assets and how they could be used differently to provide economic opportunities for rural residents. Here's a sampling. |
Real Stories Images (17) Rural life is rich in many ways. These links bring you to a celebration of living in rural places as told in images and stories by those who love them. Please add a directory link to your website if you too celebrate our disappearing rural way of life. Small Town Life (6) Small town life is alive and well in rural North America. Here are the best links that showcase the challenges and opportunities of 21st Century small town life. Womens Issues (5) Information for and about rural women and the important role they have for the future of rural areas. |
Rural Life Links
- Solutions For Serving Rural Areas
- The mission of NTCA's International Program is to improve the quality of life in rural communities.
(Added: 11-Mar-2001 Hits: 77 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - The Journal of Peasant Studies Home Page
- The Journal of Peasant Studies is one of the most outstanding journals in the field of the political economy of agrarian change. With its focus on considering peasants within the broader systems and historical situations in which they exist, it is essential reading for all who want to achieve an understanding of the role of peasants in political, economic and social transformation.
(Added: 9-Nov-2002 Hits: 68 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Rural Studies.
- "Rural Policy and Development" is very closely related to agriculture and the Common Agriculture Policy, but it is broader, with a focus on rural society. This guide includes only titles which specifically address some aspect of rural policy or development.
(Added: 11-Mar-2001 Hits: 79 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
- This book looks at life in Greenland - a culture by turns brutal and resplendent, alternately desolate and brimming with life; a fragile way of life whose survival is threatened by international politics, pollution, and modern conveniences as seemingly innocuous as a snowmobile.
(Added: 10-Nov-2003 Hits: 70 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Welcome to the Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
- The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally supported system of 16 clearinghouses and supporting organizations that makes various written materials about education accessible to all who are interested. The ERIC system produces a computer-searchable bibliographic database of the literature in education. Currently the database describes over 1 million articles, reports, curriculum guides, books, and other information resources.
(Added: 3-Mar-2001 Hits: 84 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Worms Can Save Environment, Help Your Yard
- This short news article on worms is a good one for kids or early nanocorp thinkers. Good, simple rural business opportunity for someone playing The Nanocorp Game to add to their nanocorp portfolio of businesses.
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