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CED is about people in communities taking the lead in their own economic development. CED tackles combined issues such as climate change, social justice and uneven development at the local level. The current pandemic creates both a critical need, and in many cases, an opportunity for new ways of addressing these combined issues. After one year of the crisis, we are beginning to hear from communities that are experimenting in CED in response to the pandemic and in building for a new reality after the pandemic.
Explore the media to identify a CED response to the crisis. Briefly explain what the response is, who is behind it, and how it exemplifies a CED approach (community-lead, economic focused).
Make sure to cite sources in a footnote.
Some good sources to follow on this may include (but not be limited to):
Name:
CCEDNET
Tamarack Institute
Kate Raworth
Rob Hopkins
Word Limit: 350 words
Explanation & Answer
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CED Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: Healthy Communities Initiative
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Communities worldwide have realized the essential nature of public spaces to public
health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides enabling individuals to conduct their
daily activities, people use public spaces for leisure and exercise, both of which are vital to
physical and mental health. However, measures that governments across the world have been
forced to institute to curb the spread of COVID-19 have led governments to close public spaces
from public access. It is now emerging that mental health problems are some of the unanticipated
effects of the pandemic. Healthy Communities Initiative is a Canadian CED initiative ...
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