We partner with Colorado State University to offer the online certificate program in Sustainable Community Development.
We serve as a support structure for grassroots organizations working on the front-lines of social & environmental justice.
We provide a wide range of consultation services to NGOs, governments, universities, and the private sector.
We develop and deliver customized in-person and online training programs to aid and relief community.
This class will explore key concepts of resilience, vulnerability, adaptive capacity and social capital in the context of community exposure to climate change. We will
Taking a practical “hands-on” perspective, this course will explore the theories, tools, styles and challenges of community-based organizing. It will discuss practical strategies for developing
The role of micro-enterprises in developing communities is crucial. This course examines the process of identifying projects to fit the needs of people and equipping
This course will examine entrepreneurship and enterprise generation as a key foundation of the development of both economic and social capital, as well as individual
This course provides a framework for community development based on a participatory, bottom-up, multi-sector model. Various approaches have been used in community development with varying
This course will explore important concepts and strategies for successful participatory water conservation strategies to ensure long-term, sustainable solutions to managing water resources effectively in
This course stresses participatory methods in monitoring and evaluation, where multiple stakeholders are involved in the process of planning, collecting, interpreting, communicating, and using information.
Village Earth recently delivered a large donation of farm equipment to the Knife Buffalo Nation Society on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The
The success and ongoing relevancy of community-based development initiatives is largely dependent on the ability of community workers and NGO’s to maintain their accountability to stakeholders at
In the protection and management of natural resources, it is widely agreed that human social, political, cultural and economic systems must be part of the
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an important part of building both accountability and a learning process into the development program from the beginning, both within
Appropriate Technology (AT) is a way of thinking about the choices and the applications of technology to solve a problem or to create something, such as
In recent years there has been an epidemic of youth suicides across Indian Country and especially on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. In
