Leadership and Organization

When people know how to organize, develop their own vision, and transform their own communities, they no longer depend on someone else to improve their lives; they can do it themselves. Community leadership paves the way for change through projects as large as digging trenches for irrigation and drinking water, or as small as setting up a weekly radio program aimed toward raising ecological awareness and addressing other local concerns. Through intercommunity training sessions and knowledge sharing, local leaders are able to learn from others' experiences and bring that knowledge back and improve their own communities.

 

Additional Reading:

An Amazing Example	Grassroots Leadership Growing
Progress through the Arts	Planting the Seeds of Change
Learning About Ecology from the Mayas	A New Market