The Practice of Equitable Conservation in Cities
In 2022, longtime CWC partners at The Nature Conservancy Cities Program published a new resource, with thought partnership and co-authorship from members of the CWC team. “Practice of Conservation in Cities ,” TNC shares on its website, “captur[es] the wide-ranging experiences…
Connecting People to Power: Community Engagement Pilot Report
Montpelier, VT – In June 2023, The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and non-profit partners Center for Whole Communities, Rights and Democracy Institute, and the Vermont Law School Environmental Justice Clinic released a report. Connecting People to Power lifts…
Delma Jackson & Kavitha Rao: The Stories We Live In: Justice, Nature, and Narrative
Over the past few years the multiple pandemics of health inequities, anti-black violence, and climate catastrophes have awakened many to a deeper understanding of how interconnected we all are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DEKoK3z2UQ&t=1906s&ab_channel=UVMDEI Join Delma Jackson and Kavitha Rao of Center for Whole…
Dive-In-Justice Podcast
Become Dive-In-Justice Podcast Fans! The Center for Whole Communities and Shoreline Consulting is proud to present Season 2 of Dive-In-Justice, in which Shadiin, Delma, and our brilliant guests continue to normalize healing our wounds and grappling with our imperfections. The…
Vermont Dairy Farmer Voices
In 2019, leaders worked to forge a coalition of dairy farmer-leaders and representatives from Vermont conservation and environmental organizations…. They came together to address the twin challenges of water quality degradation and a dairy economy in distress. The group developed…
Whole Measures for Urban Conservation
Whole Measures for Urban Conservation (WMUC), based on Center for Whole Communities’ Whole Measures, was produced in partnership with The Nature Conservancy as part of the launch of the North America Cities Network. Led by Center for Whole Communities, a…
Land Conservation and the Public Trust
Land Conservation and the Public Trust: The Case for Community Conservation by Ernie Atencio, Peter Forbes, and Danyelle O’Hara (January 2013). Written with support from the Land Trust Alliance, this report brought together distinct voices to argue for more inclusive…
Whole Measures for Community Food Systems
Whole Measures for Community Food Systems is the work of the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC, no longer in operation), a planning and evaluation tool developed in partnership with members of CWC and others adapting the Whole Measures framework to…
On Land, Race, Power and Privilege: An Organizational Statement of Values
This statement, On Land, Race, Power and Privilege, is part of our ongoing process as an organization to identify and articulate our deepest-held values and to put forth in the world why we do the work that we do and…
Whole Measures (Original Version)
Center for Whole Communities’ Whole Measures framework is a flexible framework for planning and evaluating that can be adapted to your community’s goals. When applied to a social or environmental change initiative, Whole Measures can serve as a foundation for…
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