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James, Patricia; Maslin, Mindy; Pringle, Susan M.; Van Clief, Barbara – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
The University Green program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) is an urban forestry partnership between four universities and their surrounding communities. The program offers excellent strategies for fostering improved college-community relations and stewardship by students and residents alike. University Green aims to improve the…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Forestry, Partnerships in Education, Horticulture
Ffolliott, Peter F.; Thames, John L. – 1983
This manual, the third in a series of publications that address community development possibilities in developing nations, provides guidelines for small-scale forestry projects that are integrative and conservation-oriented. Chapters focus on: (1) users and uses (specifying targeted audience and general objectives); (2) planning process (including…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Community Development, Community Programs, Conservation (Environment)
Natcher, David; Hickey, Cliff – 2000
Canada's federal and provincial governments have called upon the forest industry to ensure protection of Aboriginal rights and include Aboriginal communities in forest management. The challenge is to design frameworks for multi-party cooperation in which multiple values and interests can be accommodated. To promote such cooperation, two research…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Development, Conservation (Environment)
Sherman, Lee – Northwest Education, 1998
Two White Pass School District (Washington) programs increase community cohesiveness despite troubled economic times: (1) the school district offers adult education, utilizes community talent, and hosts community recreation events; and (2) the Forest Service, school district, and community college developed a summer job program for secondary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education
Sipe, Susan B. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
One of the greatest needs of our country is good public roads. The reason we do not have them wherever needed is not primarily because of the cost of building them, for in the last quarter of the century we have spent more money for other things not half as valuable or half as much needed than would be required to pay for the building of good…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Resources, Instructional Materials