Global sustainability and communities of practice
Bände/Inhalt:
- Introduction: Towards Global Sustainability and Communities of Practice / Carl A. Maida and Sam Beck -- PART I: SUSTAINING THE COUNTRYSIDE -- Chapter 1. Cultivating Sustainability Literacy and Public Engagement in Intag, Ecuador / Linda D'Amico -- Chapter 2. Spaces for Transdisciplinary Dialogues on the Relationship between Local Communities and their Environment: The Case of a Rural Community in the Calchaqui Valley (Salta, Argentina) / Marta Crivos, Maria Rosa Martinez, Laura Teves, and Carolina Remorini -- Chapter 3. Affective Solidarities? Participating in and Witnessing Fair Trade and Women's Empowerment in Transnational Communities of Practice / Debarati Sen -- PART II: SUSTAINABLE URBANISM -- Chapter 4. Plural Citizenship and Social Inclusion in Brazil's Urban Communities of Practice / Carla Guerron Montero -- Chapter 5. The Role of Communities of Practice in Urban Rights Activism in Istanbul, Turkey / Danielle V. Schoon and Funda Oral -- Chapter 6. Cultivating Civic Ecology A Photovoice Study with Urban Gardeners in Lisbon, Portugal / Krista Harper and Ana Isabel Afonso -- Chapter 7. Knowledge Production and Emancipatory Social Movements from the Heart of Globalized Hipsterdom, Williamsburg, Brooklyn / Sam Beck -- PART III: ORGANIZING FOR SUSTAINABILITY -- Chapter 8. Knowing Sustainability: Building Communities of Practice through Project-Based Learning in Urban Ecology at High Tech High / Carl A. Maida -- Chapter 9. Inventing Eco-Cycle A Social Enterprise Approach to Sustainability Education / Sandy Smith-Nonini -- Chapter 10. Confronting Tyranny in a Public Health Agency: Crafting a ‘Philosophy of Praxis' into a ‘Community of Resistance' / Brian McKenna -- Chapter 11. Local Trade and Exchange / Employment Systems (LETS) in Future Eco-sustainable Societies / Richard Westra
- Environmental challenges are more complex due to rapid development and human population growth alongside technological advances that alter lifestyles and social norms. To meet these challenges, concepts of sustainability need to be more accessible to the public, who as citizens, activists, and citizen scientists are engaged in community-based action. Using case-based and theoretical chapters that examine rural and urban communities of practice, this volume illustrates how participatory researchers and students as well as policy and community leaders find ways to engage with the broader public when it comes to global sustainability research and practice. Collaboration between experts and the public is vital for effective community engagement aimed at improving the lives of the most vulnerable in society, whether at the local or global level"--