Global sustainability and communities of practice

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Global sustainability and communities of practice

edited by Carl A. Maida, Sam Beck

Berghahn, 2018

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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. 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.

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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

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