The Scottish Government hosted a seminar to explore ideas for a Rural Parliament. Swedish, Dutch, Slovenian and Estonian representatives shared their experiences with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lockhead and more than 100 invited delegates. A briefing paper was prepared for the event which took place 29th May.

Gaborone shares the challenges resulting from rapid urban growth of the other African cities in PIE, with Gaborone one of the fastest growing cities in the world. A point of particular interest in the Gaborone paper is the action taken by the University of Botswana in giving effect to its community engagement objectives...

There's a new logo and whole new look to PASCAL's Twitter page.  We have more than 400 followers now from around the world, and the number continues to grow. Why not check out the site and join them for up-to-the-minute news, comment and links to the latest ideas relating to PASCAL themes?

This video dialogue between Howard Richards, philosopher of social science, and Evelin Lindner, was created on 30th April 2012 in Chile, in Howard's Dialogue Home and Centro para el Desarrollo Alternativo in Limache, Chile.

In this video, Howard Richards explains the connections between what is possible to do in daily life and what is necessary to do for justice and sustainability. The video was recorded by Shelley Damaris Richards Higgins:

The Government of British Columbia created a BC Social Innovation Council headed up by a senior community leader, a senior government member and a senior business person to look at how social innovation and social enterprise could be mobilized in support of the persistence of challenges in our communities.