The Berkana Institute

Whatever the problem, community is the answer.

The Berkana Institute works in partnership with a rich diversity of people around the world who strengthen their communities by working with the wisdom and wealth already present in their people, traditions and environment.Berkana and our partners share the clarity that whatever the problem, community is the answer. We prepare for an unknown future by creati ...learn more

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Created: Dec 02, 2008

Updated: Nov 17, 2009

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Membership: Open
Members: 5
Created: 11 months ago
Updated: about 2 hours ago
Tech Skeptics United
Confronting technology risks
Technology is a risk; risk determines what the future will be.  Just one impact on the world's ecosystem by technology can be summed up in one word – coal.  Technology is now, even more pervasive w...
Areas of Focus: Biological Development, Biomimicry, Biotechnology, Precautionary Principle, Life Cycle Assessment, Biological Patents, Medical Biotechnology
Membership: Open
Members: 119
Created: about 1 year ago
Updated: about 4 hours ago
World Wide Water Commons
Earth the water planet - water being common to everything
All water is local; to understand local water issues is to understand the worldwide water commons.  This is one place to expand that understanding.
Areas of Focus: Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Acid Rain, Ecosystem Services, Coastal Ecology, Marine Ecology and Conservation, Land Restoration, Land Stewardship, Natural Resource Conservation, Restoration Ecology, Electric Power ...
Membership: Open
Members: 44
Created: 5 months ago
Updated: about 20 hours ago
PAE Mexico
This is an initiative focused on identifying and training talented social and business entrepreneurs, linking them with other people, as well as with private/public/non-for-profit entities. Project...
Areas of Focus: Youth Education and Empowerment, Social Entrepreneurship, Organizational Support and Management, Leadership Training, Community Resources, Environmental Education, Climate Change, Sustainable Energy Development, Sustainability and Technology, Social Development ...
Membership: Open
Members: 67
Created: over 2 years ago
Updated: 1 day ago
Keyline Design Institute
Research and Education in Keyline Design Practices and Concepts
Keyline design is similiar to Permaculture Design yet with specific to broad-acre scale and water and soil restoration.  We are undergoing the new formation of a Keyline Design Institute for North ...
Areas of Focus: Agroforestry, Greenhouse Gases, Land Restoration, Dams, Climate Change, Land Stewardship, Soil Conservation and Management, Permaculture, Restoration Ecology, Soil Ecology ...
Membership: Open
Members: 49
Created: about 1 year ago
Updated: 15 days ago
Living Mandala
Cocreating EcoSocial Regeneration
Living Mandala is a growing collective of educators, organizers and designers committed to eco-social regeneration based on the organizing intelligence of nature exhibited throug...
Areas of Focus: Sustainable Livelihoods, Culture and Sustainability, Global Food Supply and Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Indigenous Peoples and Cultures, Sustainability and Technology, Environmental Education
Membership: Open
Members: 4
Created: about 1 year ago
Updated: 4 months ago
Energy Societies
Managing the use of energy is inevitable in functional societies
Wikipedia - "The use of energy has been a key in the development of the human society by helping it to control and adapt to the Areas of Focus: Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Energy Security and Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Nuclear Power, Sustainable Urban Power, Electric Power, Appropriate Technology, Alternative Fuels, Global Pollution ...