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    Volunteerism: A crosscutting and relational method to achieve the sustainable development goals

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    Authors
    Devereux, Peter
    Stocker, L.
    Holmes, Kirsten
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Book Chapter
    
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    Devereux, P. and Stocker, L. and Holmes, K. 2017. Volunteerism: A crosscutting and relational method to achieve the sustainable development goals. In Methods for Sustainability Research, 249-264. UK: Edward Edgar.
    Source Title
    Methods for Sustainability Research
    DOI
    10.4337/9781786432735.00028
    ISBN
    9781786432735
    School
    Sustainability Policy Institute
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67655
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © Janette Hartz-Karp and Dora Marinova 2017. All rights reserved. This chapter highlights the power of volunteerism as a method for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It emphasizes the importance of a relational approach in helping to energize and sustain locally appropriate strategies. Using case studies from Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Western Australia and the Philippines, it analyses methods to facilitate voluntary action that makes practical contributions. The case studies demonstrate that the nature and quality of relationships are key to successful voluntary action for sustainability. Volunteerism is shown to have increased the respective community’s capacity to tackle sustainability issues itself strengthening reciprocity, relationships, capacity and ownership. The four methodological principles highlighted for successful voluntary action embed mutual learning and accountability, reciprocal benefit, and foster synergies over trade-offs.

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