Climate, Energy, Water
For Our Clean Energy Economy Future, It’s Time to Tap Rural Innovation
Rural communities are integral to our nation’s economy, culture, history, and the environmental services that we all depend on. Yet...
NORTHERN FOREST CENTER’S COMMUNITY FOREST RESOURCES
Northern Forest Center
The Northern Forest Center, in collaboration with partners across the region, has compiled this list of resources for landowners, community members, towns, and others interested in conserving and managing forested land for a mix of uses and community benefit.
Towards Rural Resilience: Preparation for a Changing Planet
Nov. 7th, 2019, 2PM
This America’s Rural Opportunity event showcased innovative stories of reaching for rural resilience – strengthening economic outcomes and reducing environmental hazards to boost the wellbeing of rural communities for generations to come.
Place-Based Shareholder Engagement: Where Community and Corporate Purpose Meet
Last week, the Business Roundtable, a powerhouse collective voice for business interests, released a new statement redefining corporate “purpose.” In it, they...
Reframing Natural Resource Economies
Apr. 20th, 2017, 11AM
This third America’s Rural Opportunity panel will focus on rural innovators who steward the nations’ natural resources and use those resources to create jobs and businesses. These innovators are rethinking and rebuilding rural economies around principles of sustainability.
A Common Bond: Issues and Responses in South Carolina’s Coastal Tourism Development
This paper represents effort by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to bring issues in coastal tourism in South Carolina into focus.
New Partnerships for Industrial Efficiency and Growth: Selected Best Practices
Report presents four of the most progressive industrial energy-efficiency programs in order to provide insight for future programs.
An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing
Report is an effort to clarify the wastewater facility needs of rural and rural poor communities to assess the outlook for addressing these needs in light of changing environmental regulations.
What Next for Sustainable Agriculture
Paper considers issues that sustainable agriculture is expected to face as it moves on from an abstract concept to a more transformative tool of agricultural system.
Industry Perspective on Development: Transcripts of Interviews with Coal Industry Leaders
In this publication, the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) explores ways in which coal production might contribute more to development in Appalachia.
Coal and Economic Development: A Series of Reports
Report examines coal production, productivity and employment trends in the United States, Appalachia, and eastern and western Kentucky between 1975 and 1984.
Coal and Economic Development in Kentucky, Presentation to the Kentucky Coal County Coalition
Report is on MACED's research on the coal industry and economic development and proposed policy solutions related to community reinvestment.