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Narrative
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Rather than being three disconnected boxes, communities are actually a
complex web of interactions. Air and water quality affect the
quality of other natural resources, which in turn are used as
materials for production. Having materials for production allows
people to have jobs, which in turn affects their health and the general
poverty levels.
An important point to note here is that although there is a tendency
to think of 'stockholders' as someone other than ourselves, we are all
stockholders in some sense. Even if you don't own stock personally,
if you have a pension fund, a mortgage, a car loan, a bank account, or
a credit card, then you are a stockholder in the community. We are
all part of the economic system and we all need to become more aware
of how measures of well-being in these different areas are reported
and how they connect to each other.
(Activity: It is very useful at this point to have the participants
look at some of the interconnections in their community. Start by
writing in the middle of a flip chart page one of the quality of life
components that many people agreed on. Ask participants what other
quality of life components link to those. Add their suggestions to
the flip chart and draw in the links. Keep adding links and components
until at least 15 or 20 items are added with multiple links.)
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