The 7 Generations manual is designed for people in rural Alaska who want to accomplish environmental planning and management using a community-based approach. The manual contains valuable tools that enable a community to prioritize and identify its environmental issues. This manual was written to assist communities to be more self-reliant and to take responsibility for their own environmental issues. Building community strength to identify and solve problems is a powerful process that can lead to a healthier and more sustainable community. A community driven by the interests of its members will have a greater sense of ownership and pride in its accomplishments. A self-governing community also will have a greater influence over the [...]
