Global Sustainability and Communities of Practice

Carl A. Maida is a professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Director of the Pre-College Science Education Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include Sustainability and Communities of Place (2007) and Pathways Through Crisis: Urban Risk and Public Culture (2008). He co-edited with Sam Beck Toward Engaged Anthropology (2013) and Public Anthropology in a Borderless World (2015). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Anthropological Association, and the Society for Applied Anthropology.

• Introduction: Towards Global Sustainability and Communities of PracticeCarl A. Maida and Sam BeckPART I: SUSTAINING THE COUNTRYSIDEChapter 1. Cultivating Sustainability Literacy and Public Engagement in Intag, EcuadorLinda D'AmicoChapter 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 PracticeDebarati SenPART II: SUSTAINABLE URBANISMChapter 4. Plural Citizenship and Social Inclusion in Brazil’s Urban Communities of PracticeCarla Guerron MonteroChapter 5. The Role of Communities of Practice in Urban Rights Activism in Istanbul, TurkeyDanielle V. Schoon and Funda OralChapter 6. Cultivating Civic Ecology A Photovoice Study with Urban Gardeners in Lisbon, PortugalKrista Harper and Ana Isabel AfonsoChapter 7. Knowledge Production and Emancipatory Social Movements from the Heart of Globalized Hipsterdom, Williamsburg, BrooklynSam BeckPART III: ORGANIZING FOR SUSTAINABILITYChapter 8. Knowing Sustainability: Building Communities of Practice through Project-Based Learning in Urban Ecology at High Tech HighCarl A. MaidaChapter 9. Inventing Eco-Cycle A Social Enterprise Approach to Sustainability EducationSandy Smith-NoniniChapter 10. Confronting Tyranny in a Public Health Agency:  Crafting a ‘Philosophy of Praxis’ into a ‘Community of Resistance’Brian McKennaChapter 11. Local Trade and Exchange/Employment Systems (LETS) in Future Eco-sustainable SocietiesRichard Westra

“An interesting and consistently well-written book. Academics and researchers working on sustainability issues from the fields of anthropology, sociology, and other social sciences will find this book a worthwhile read, particularly for research grounded in the case study approach.” • Choice“…a valuable contribution to discussions of local-level sustainability, and will be a useful reference for applied anthropologists and other practitioners.” • JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute)