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Because of the multiple issues caused by the American health-care system, researchers have though to find a solution to help the communities in need (such as for example old persons or homeless people or families): a community-academic partnership. Two nursing schools would work for one year with a non-profit social association in order to provide health care to those in need as well as a good practice for the future nurses. But how to manage in an efficient manner for everyone a community-academic partnership? Researchers and members involved have faced many boundaries during the implementation and the existence of this partnership.

"Gaia Education promotes a holistic approach to education for sustainable development by developing curricula for sustainable community design. While drawing upon best practices within ecovillages worldwide, Gaia Education works in partnership with universities, ecovillages, government and non-government agencies and the United Nations. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis I suggest you J-M to read the critics part, where we can see a "nice" example of tension between religion and science (just to connect to some previous topic) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology this is also very interesting to read when it comes to the principles of sustainable development

thank you for the link to deep ecology, "a contemporary ecological philosophy that claims to recognize the inherent worth of other beings aside from their utility. The philosophy emphasizes the interdependent nature of human and non-human life as well as the importance of the ecosystem and natural processes. It provides a foundation for the environmental, ecology and green movements and has fostered a new system of environmental ethics."