9. Inventing Eco-Cycle A Social Enterprise Approach to Sustainability Education

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction Global Sustainability and Communities of Practice 1
4. Part 1: Sustaining the Countryside
5. 1. Cultivating Sustainability Literacy and Public Engagement in Intag, Ecuador 21
6. 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) 43
7. 3. Affective Solidarities? Participating in and Witnessing Fair Trade and Women’s Empowerment in Transnational Communities of Practice 60
8. Part 2: Sustainable Urbanism
9. 4. Plural Citizenship and Social Inclusion in Brazil’s Urban Communities of Practice 73
10. 5. The Role of Communities of Practice in Urban Rights Activism in Istanbul, Turkey 94
11. 6. Cultivating Civic Ecology: A Photovoice Study with Urban Gardeners in Lisbon, Portugal 109
12. 7. Knowledge Production and Emancipatory Social Movements from the Heart of Globalized Hipsterdom, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 125
13. Part 3: Organizing for Sustainability
14. 8. Knowing Sustainability: Building Communities of Practice through Project-Based Learning in Urban Ecology at High Tech High 149
15. 9. Inventing Eco-Cycle A Social Enterprise Approach to Sustainability Education 174
16. 10. Confronting Tyranny in a Public Health Agency: Crafting a ‘Philosophy of Praxis’ into a ‘Community of Resistance’ 190
17. 11. Local Trade and Exchange/Employment Systems (LETS) in Future Eco-sustainable Societies 207
18. Index 221