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Common
Ground Resources
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new items for Community Mappers.
Order
form and flyer for mapping resources (pdf file)
Common Ground's
most recent publication is a 20 page collection of community mapping
activities/resources called Mapping Our
Common Ground. Community mapping is a learning, development
and planning tool that connects people to one another and to their
home places. The booklet provides facilitation tips, real-life examples
and project ideas for community, school and Green mapping. They
are priced at $10 Canadian, or $10 U.S. to cover extra shipping
costs. To order, please send a note and cheque to:
Common Ground
Community Mapping Project 527 Michigan St. Victoria, BC Canada V8V
1S1
or email Fiona
at cground@gworks.ca for
more info.
The Victoria
chapter of OXFAM Canada has just printed a 22 page resource/report
on food system mapping called Mapping Food
Matters. Food Mapping is a community-based approach to
taking stock of the abundant regional food resources available for
meeting local needs. This booklet includes some background theory,
case studies and a number of fun and interactive workshops all for
the price of CDN$6.00 including shipping. (US orders US$6 b/c of
increased shipping costs). To order please drop a note and cheque
to:
Common Ground
Community Mapping Project
527 Michigan St. Victoria, BC Canada V8V 1S1
or email Silas
Rosenblatt at foodmapping@hotmail.com
for more info.
Available
Now!
Common Ground
coordinator Maeve Lydon's article "Mapping
and Eco-Activism - Re-Discovering Our Common Ground." (full-text)
Recommended
Readings
Aberly, Douglas. Boundaries
of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment. New Society Press, 1993
BiodiverCity Handbook:
Practical Actions for Restoring Urban Ecologies, LifeCycles,
1996.
Freire, Paolo. Pedagogy
of the Oppressed, Continuum Press, 1986.
Harrington, Sheila.
Giving the Land a Voice: Mapping Our Home Places. Saltspring
Island Community Service Society, (second Edition) 1999.
The Local Agenda 21 Planning
Guide: An Introduction to Sustainable Development Planning.
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives &
IDRC, 1996.
Kretzmann, John and John
McKnight. Building Communities From the Inside Out: A Path
Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's assets. ACTA Publications,
1993.
Lydon, Maeve. "Mapping:
The Recovery of Natural Knowledge and the Creation of Sustainable
Communities." Research paper, University of Victoria, Eco-Research
Chair, 1999.
McRae, Janet. "Community
Mapping: Creating a Sense of Place," Green Teacher, No.55,p.37-39.
Martin, Karen. Stories
From Our Own Backyard: A History of Grandview-Woddlands as told
by Neighbourhood Seniors. Publisher?, 1997.
Mason, Adrienne. "Mapping
Home", Canadian Geographic, Sept/Oct 98, pgs 58-62
Monmonier, Mark. How
to Lie With Maps. The University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Penn, Briony. Barefoot
Mapping Workshop, 1997. Unpublished.
Penn, Briony. Canada's
Rainforest: From Maps to Murrelets. The Sierra Club of BC, 1998.
Penn, Briony. "Mapping
the Last Blank Space." Orion, Winter 97/98, pgs 20-24.
Oaklands Garry Oak Ecosystem.
West Coast Environmental Youth Alliance, 1993. Unpublished.
Sobel, David. "Mapping
From the Inside Out," Orion, Winter 97/98, pgs 14-19.
click for link to full-text version.
Thomashow, Mitchell.
"The Place Where I Live", Orion, Spring '94, pgs 3-4
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