Research and Dialogue
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements The Institute works collaboratively with other organizations seeking to build a vital and participatory future for generations to come. These include: The Center for Ecozoic Studies.
Collaborative Networking
Neighborhoods
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements Some of the earliest work of the Institutes began in the area around their offices on the West Side of Chicago in an area called Fifth City. This same expertise and perspectives have been replicated in neighborhoods, villages...
Movements
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements From a single program base on the West Side of Chicago in the early 1960's to a global movement of Those Who Care that spans every timezone, the Institutes have been instrumental in turning common passion into concerted efforts. ...
Communities
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements The ICA operates from the understanding that communities are the key to social change. Initially the ICA created a comprehensive development demonstration in Fifth City, the model of which it took around the world in the 1970s. When ICA moved...
International Assemblies
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements In 1984 the Institute sponsored an International Exposition of Rural Development (IERD). The preliminary Plenary Report highlights the participants' discussions. The story of the IERD is more complex than just the Plenary.
Community Based Projects
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements Participatory Management Approach, INC. (PMA) Robert Booher Applying LENS and Human Development Processes to Support Effective Planning in Local Municipalities. My work in the Rochester area of the State of New York took the form of the creation...
Ecozoic Studies
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements Two organizations in North Carolina each draw on both the work of Thomas Berry and Joseph Mathews. Emerging Ecology promotes a worldview for the next generations' solutions. The Center for Ecozoic Studies prints and publishes work relevant to Thomas Berry. ...
International Exposition of Rural Development
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements AI Notebook LM summarizes impact of IERD HIGHLIGHTS Enduring Influence of IERD on Global Rural Development, J. Vann Cunningham AI Notebook LM introduces Vann Cunningham Read these three IERD Series books summarizing the IERD four years: Volume I: Directory of...
What ICA Does: 3d
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements ICA connects people and organizations to spark collaboration An often-repeated phrase is "It's not what you know, it's who you know." It points to a truth: social change occurs when creative people connect and act with each other in...
Accelerate Neighborhood Climate Action
MENUMENUCollaborative Networking CollectionIErDAccelerate77ANCAMovement of Movements Accelerate Neighborhood Climate Action is a Community Forum Program that gathers residents to create shared, place-based climate action on a block-by-block, neighborhood-by-neighborhood level. The Denver program has been supported since its inception in 2015 by a collaboration of three partner organizations:...