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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
Global Sustainability and Communities of Practice
Edited by Carl A. Maida and Sam Beck
236 pages, bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-78533-844-1 Hb Published (March 2018)
eISBN 978-1-78533-846-5 eBook