Global sustainability and communities of practice / edited by Carl A. Maida and Sam Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maida, Carl A., author.

Contributor:

Maida, Carl A., editor.

Beck, Sam, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Social aspects.

Sustainable development.

Communities of practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2018]

Summary:

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Towards global sustainability and communities of practice / Carl A. Maida (University of California, Los Angeles) and Sam Beck (Cornell University)

Cultivating sustainability literacy and public engagement in Intag, Ecuador / Linda D'Amico (Winona State University)

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, Carolina Remorini (Universidad Nacional de la Plata-UNLP. Argentina)

Affective solidarities? Participating in and witnessing fair trade and women's empowerment in transnational communities of practice / Debarati Sen (Kennesaw State University)

Plural citizenship and social inclusion in Brazil's urban communities of practice / Carla Guerron Montero (University of Delaware)

The role of communities of practice in urban rights activism in Istanbul, Turkey / Danielle V. Schoon (Ohio State University) and Funda Oral (Sulukule Children's Art Atelier, Istanbul)

Cultivating civic ecology : A photovoice study with urban gardeners in Lisbon, Portugal / Krista Harper (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and Ana Isabel Afonso (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

Knowledge production and emancipatory social movements from the heart of globalized hipsterdom, Williamsburg, Brooklyn / Sam Beck (Cornell University)

Knowing sustainability : Building communities of practice through project-based learning in urban ecology at High Tech High / Carl A. Maida (University of California, Los Angeles)

Inventing eco-cycle a social enterprise approach to sustainability education / Sandy Smith-Nonini (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Confronting tyranny in a public health agency : Crafting a 'philosophy of praxis' into a 'community of resistance' / Brian McKenna (University of Michigan, Dearborn)

Local trade and exchange/employment systems (LETS) in future eco-sustainable societies / Richard Westra (Nagoya University, Japan).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-810-6

1-78533-846-3

OCLC:

1350571033