Lael Adams wrote a good article about Sustainability on the Front Lines – literally about projects in areas affected by war. It is a fresh perspective on what works and what does not work. In extreme situations the obvious can become more clear. In this case the idea that dumping a sustainability project in an outside-in approach is very likely to fail. Why? A community, organization or area is not ready for “solid” food. We have to build up the abilities and weave the project into the “DNA” of a group if it is going to be sustainable itself. The key element to the success to any sustainability project is the people. Start with milk.
Find Lael’s complete article at:
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/an-aid-worker-writes-how-sustainability-works-or-doesnt-in-afghanistan/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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