Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Poll: Environmental Involvement Tied to Empowerment, Confidence

Now here’s a survey that goes beyond the same old same old questions and answers! It’s the Civic Health Index, brought to you by the National Council on Citizenship. The bad news is they found that the tough economy is suppressing everyday citizens’ involvement in community affairs. The good news is that they have some specific recommendations about what to do about it — which corroborate a fundamental tenet of the Water Words That Work method:

"As in much previous research, we find a positive relationship between a citizen’s feeling of empowerment and whether he or she is civically engaged"

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