Empowerment Strategies for Local Communities in Mountain Areas with Environmental Conflicts

Lunes, 07. 6. 2009  –  Category: Community Engagement & Participation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Highlights

According to the International Mountain Forum (2004), created for the World Year for Mountains celebration, mountains are crucial to life. Mountain areas cover one quarter of land surface over sea level. They are fragile reservoirs of natural resources such as glaciers, copper, wood and gas. But mountain areas are not only important sources of freshwater [...]

The most difficult workshop

Sábado, 05. 9. 2009  –  Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Highlights

I would like to share with you a facilitation story…
In April 2007  I facilitated the most difficult workshop in my brief lifetime as facilitator
I think that writing it will be a powerful learning opportunity… for me and others.
It was in Cali, Colombia.
A friend of mine, and former consultant colleague, who has started up a new consulting [...]