The blog was established for people who care about rural communities and their futures. It is a reflective pool for big questions and useful ideas. The first year has covered a lot of ground.
Author Archives: The Bush Prof
Starting Points, Finishing Up: Practical Takeaways
Working together is difficult, and it is vital to do, for exactly the same reason: we all have different starting points.
Starting Points #3: A Matter of Hats
When people come together and are unafraid to wear their multiple hats, creative solutions tend to follow.
Starting Points #2: Brain Frames
Experts bring their technical knowledge to rural regions, and they use this knowledge to frame regional development needs and actions. Too often, they fail to notice anything outside the frame.
Starting Points #1: Home Place
I remain unshakably convinced that beauty and brilliance can come from places that other people consider poor, or marginalised, or in need of paving-over.
2021 Welcome: Regional Development Starting Points
It turns out that a great deal about how we see regional development depends on where we start.
How Does Your Region Grow?… The 2020 Wrap
When I started the Spring Series reflecting on regional growth, I did not anticipate how quickly growth would appear on the horizon.
Growing your Region, Myth #3: Regions NEED to grow
Do regions need to grow, in order to survive and thrive? Is growth part of the solution, or part of the problem?
Growing Your Region, Myth #2: Economic Growth will Grow Everything Else
Economic growth can make entire regions more prosperous, or it can widen the gap between haves and have-nots, growing only inequity and disadvantage.
Growing Your Region: Myths and Possibilities
For rural regions, population growth is often presented as a solution to regional problems – even, as a synonym for regional development. Yet this is not necessarily the case.
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