Resolving Environmental Conflict Towards Sustainable Community DevelopmentOne of the most important challenges facing civilization is how its natural resources will be used and protected. Too often polarization and litigation cause results with which no one is truly satisfied. Enemies are made, lines are drawn and both people and the environment are degraded. Resolving Environmental Conflict explains the transformative approach toward facilitation. It shows how to help parties empower themselves to define the issues and decide the settlement on their own terms and on their own time through better understanding of one another's perspectives. The transformative approach allows a conflict's outcome to be decided solely by the participants even though resolution may not take place for some months after facilitation is complete. Inherent in the solution is a shared vision for the community without which sustainability is not possible. Beyond shared vision, this book examines notions of development, sustainability, and community and the synergism of ecology, culture and economic needs that promote a healthy environment enriching the lives of all its inhabitants. |
Contents
Approaches to Facilitation | 3 |
Conflict Is a Choice | 13 |
Nature Keeps Its Own Scorecard | 38 |
4 | 45 |
Unconscious Thoughts that Manifest | 52 |
The Capacity for Rational Thought | 64 |
The Interpersonal Element | 69 |
Communication Barriers | 76 |
Conflict Is a Learning Partnership | 99 |
Practicing Transformative Facilitation | 131 |
Destructive Conflict Brought to a Shared Vision | 139 |
Vision Goals and Objectives | 146 |
Beyond Destructive Conflict | 155 |
Local Community Development | 167 |
Modifying Our Belief Systems Regarding Change | 187 |
References | 195 |
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Resolving Environmental Conflict Towards Sustainable Community Development Chris Maser,Carol A. Pollio No preview available - 1995 |
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