The Learning for Sustainability site - http://learningforsustainability.net -
brings together resources to help us address and manage the social and capacity
building aspects of wter management and other sustainability issues. This
resource has been substantially revised and updated over recent months. It is a
guide to on-line resources for researchers and practitioners interested in
supporting social learning and collective action.

The site highlights the wide range of social skills and processes that are
needed to support collaborative planning, change and capacity-building
initiatives. it shows how these can be linked together, and structures these in
a practical way. This brings links to several hundred annotated on-line
resources together in one easy to access site.

Most pages have been expanded with new resource links added. Particular
attention has been paid to expanding the sections on undertaking
interdisiplinary and integrated projects and adaptation. Featured links to
specific papers in these areas can be found from the July newletter page at -
http://learningforsustainability.net/newsletters/jul09.php

Other updated resource sections link to resources to support thinking and
practice around managing complex systems, community resilience, and
participation. A central guides, tools and checklists section provides practical
guidance to help readers address issues involved in managing multi-stakeholder
participation and engagement initiatives. Lessons are drawn from different
sectors including urban and rural, catchments and watersheds, natural resources,
HIV/AIDS, climate change, and disasters. A new page in this section now covers
tools, tips and techniques for facilitators and other social engagement
specialists. Other site sections provide links to best and emerging practice in
specific areas including social learning, adaptive management, network building
and mapping, dialogue, knowledge management, and evaluation and reflection.
Research links cover action research, systems thinking, participation,
integration and nterdisciplinarity. One page lists on-line resources for both
post-graduate research students and their supervisors.

The Learning for Sustainability site - http://learningforsustainability.net -
also manages additional pages on finding volunteering and job opportunities in
the sustainability sector. Feedback is welcomed, and viewers are encouraged to
suggest sites to add. All this material is easily accessible through the main
site indexing system.

Regards
Will

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Dr. Will Allen
LearningForSustainability.net - http://learningforsustainability.net -
Supporting dialogue, collective action and reflection for sustainable
development
E-mail: will@...