<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial"><font color="#9900ff"><a href="http://www.nurturedevelopment.org/who-we-are/" target="_blank">http://www.nurturedevelopment.org/who-we-are/</a></font></div><div style="font-family:arial"><a href="http://www.nurturedevelopment.org/about-abcd/" target="_blank">http://www.nurturedevelopment.org/about-abcd/</a></div><div style="font-family:arial"><p><font color="#9900ff">Our ambition is to support the proliferation of inclusive, bottom up, community driven change. W</font><font color="#9900ff">e aim to achieve this by supporting local communities and supportive mediating/civic organisations to create the conditions where any neighbourhood can identify, connect and mobilise its assets to the benefit of the whole community.</font></p></div><div style="font-family:arial"><font color="#9900ff">ABCD challenges the traditional deficit-based approach that tries to solve urban and rural development problems by focusing on the needs and deficiencies of individuals, neighbourhoods, towns, villages, etc. A</font><font color="#9900ff">BCD demonstrates that local assets (people, physical assets etc.) and individual strengths are key to ensure sustainable community development, and that people have a life of their own choosing.</font></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a>  </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a>  - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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