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Climate Smart Agriculture Online Learning Course at Global - Online Venue

May 7, 2013 to July 1, 2013
Dear Aidsource Colleagues,A lack of coping strategies for adapting to a changing climate, depleted soils, unreliable access to water, and outmoded agricultural practices are leading to reduced agricultural productivity, income generation, and food security for smallholder farmers worldwide.The Center for Sustainable Development—CSDi—is launching a course on Climate Smart Agriculture.This course begins with a participatory mapping of cropping systems, soil and water resources, and climate change…See More
Apr 5
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Community-Based Adaptation: Online Diploma at Worldwide - Online Venue

May 7, 2013 to July 1, 2013
Dear Aidsource Colleagues,CSDi is announcing the launch of a module of four online courses on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change. These courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, investigate appropriate solutions, develop full projects, launch and manage them. Partial scholarships available. Complete information and course…See More
Apr 5
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Designing and Funding Sustainable Projects: Online Course at Online: Worldwide

May 7, 2013 to July 1, 2013
Dear Aidsource Colleagues.Designing and Funding Sustainable Projects will lead you through the development of a real project, in real time, and leave you with the practical field tools to sustain it. Our course leaders, who have gained development expertise by providing face-to-face consulting services to NGOs in the field, will help you: 1. Conduct a participatory needs assessment in your community, 2. Develop a preliminary project concept, share it with your community, 3. Refine your…See More
Apr 5
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Integrated DRR/Community-Based Adaptation/Rural Development— Online Diploma at Worldwide - Online Venue

May 7, 2013 to July 1, 2013
Dear AidSource Colleagues,Center for Sustainable Development—CSDi. Join students from all over the world for an intensive series of courses. Get an Online Diploma: Integrated Community Based Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction & Rural DevelopmentThese courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, identify risks and hazards, investigate appropriate solutions, develop full projects, launch and manage them. A…See More
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Designing and Funding Sustainable Projects: Online Course Begins January 16, 2013 at Online: Worldwide

January 15, 2013 to March 11, 2013
Dear Aidsource Colleagues.Designing and Funding Sustainable Projects will lead you through the development of a real project, in real time, and leave you with the practical field tools to sustain it. Our course leaders, who have gained development expertise by providing face-to-face consulting services to NGOs in the field, will help you: 1. Conduct a participatory needs assessment in your community, 2. Develop a preliminary project concept, share it with your community, 3. Refine your…See More
Jan 9
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Climate Smart Agriculture Online Learning Course Begins October 30, 2012 at Global - Online Venue

October 30, 2012 to December 21, 2012
Dear Aidsource Colleagues,A lack of coping strategies for adapting to a changing climate, depleted soils, unreliable access to water, and outmoded agricultural practices are leading to reduced agricultural productivity, income generation, and food security for smallholder farmers worldwide.The Center for Sustainable Development—CSDi—is launching a course on Climate Smart Agriculture.This course begins with a participatory mapping of cropping systems, soil and water resources, and climate change…See More
Oct 24, 2012
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Community-Based Adaptation: Online Diploma September 4 at Worldwide - Online Venue

September 4, 2012 to October 29, 2012
Dear Aidsource Colleagues,CSDi is announcing the launch of a module of four online courses on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change. These courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, investigate appropriate solutions, develop full projects, launch and manage them. Partial scholarships available. Complete information and course…See More
Aug 17, 2012
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Rio+20: Community based adaptation will kick-start a green economy for the world's poor

Community-based adaptation to climate change offers sustainable solutions to our future's green entrepreneurs: hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers.Community based adaptation (CBA) is a cross-cutting initiative that integrates adaptation,…See More
Jun 20, 2012
Tim Magee and Anna Fawcus NGO Photographer are now friends
Jun 20, 2012
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Integrated DRR/Community-Based Adaptation/Rural Development— Online Diploma Begins May 1, 2012 at Online

May 1, 2012 to June 25, 2012
Dear AidSource Colleagues,Center for Sustainable Development—CSDi. Join students from all over the world for an intensive series of courses. Get an Online Diploma: Integrated Community Based Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction & Rural DevelopmentThese courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, identify risks and hazards, investigate appropriate solutions, develop full projects, launch and manage them. A…See More
Apr 22, 2012
Tim Magee is now a member of AidSource
Apr 22, 2012

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Tim
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I have been living and working in Guatemala for the past eight years which has given me the opportunity to see humanitarian development up close, and to work with over 100 different nonprofits and donors. My work has created intense curiosity on my part in better understanding “What works in development?” This led to the formation of the Center for Sustainable Development (http://www.csd-i.org/ ).

Through teaching online courses at the Center, I've had the honor of working with students from over 116 different countries. What immediately struck me while working with this many different cultures, is that most of the students were working on projects that had very similar themes.

I have learned an incredible amount from these course participants; they've had excellent ideas for their projects and they've had access to information that I had not seen before. These students are of all different ages and different professions: donors, executive directors, field staff, business owners with a conscience, students, scientists, consultants and people who would like to transition into development work.

I began to realize that since such knowledgeable, talented (yet widely scattered) people were working on common problems -- that we should consider pooling our resources and begin collaborating with each other online to develop tools and solutions to the challenges we find in development.

Practical, simple tools and solutions that have shown evidence of having worked and that can be understood, implemented and maintained by a range of people types. These tools and solutions should be sustainable and impact-oriented. This led to the formation of this online development community http://developmentcommunity-csd-i.com/ .

We encourage people to visit our community seeking these types of solutions to development challenges. My hope is that they will be able to access information not only on their own, but also through the generosity of community members who reach out to help them.

Another goal of this development community is to share and collaborate with other members that have similar interests. Please join groups, connect us to your friends and colleagues, participate in discussions, post blogs, and upload documents, photographs, and videos. But most of all let's work together to fine tune the answers to “What works in development?”

Tim Magee
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http://www.csd-i.org/

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