A non-profit organization connecting varied interests around environmental issues and providing a safe harbor where different groups can identify common values and move forward together.
The Center for Whole Communities provides an integrated set of programs which focus on individual, organizational, and community-wide levels. Six-day Whole Thinking Retreats bring together diverse players in the land community – conservationists, housing advocates, town planners, farmers, environmental justice advocates, writers and elected officials – to find the common assets and courage necessary for designing and embracing fundamentally different approaches to the use of land and to thecreation of healthy communities. Visions and Values Workshops help organizations and coalitions re-align their practices with their vision and values, expanding the scope and effectiveness of their work.
The Center for Whole Communities also developed and uses Measures of Health (MOH), an assessment tool and change process that helps organizations and communities adopt new definitions of success that link economy, community and the land. This practical tool strengthens a group’s ability to articulate the healthy relationships that it seeks to create. Organizations use the Measures of Health online and printed tools in a variety ways: evaluating specific projects, judging the effectiveness of coalitions, and helping develop and assess strategic plans. The Center is in the process of developing a map that will show the different organizations and places that are using Measures of Health.
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