The introduction says we need more active citizens to build communities, tackle large public issues - child protection, education, aging, health care, urban landscapes, public safety and the environment.
I thought Guerrilla Gardening sounded interesting. It describes peoples efforts to plant flowers or maybe some edible plants in otherwise ugly, or unproductive, spaces. The article says, " Guerrilla gardening is wholesome mischief. It breaks the law but improves public property."
There are ideas or references to among others - Gandhi, Robert Putman author of "Bowling Alone", and Saul Alinsky a famous community organizer who wrote "Rules for Radicals
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