Grassroots to Global

Marianne E. Krasny is Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab at Cornell University. She is the coeditor or coauthor of numerous books, most recently, Urban Environmental Education Review and Civic Ecology: Adaptation and Transformation from the Ground Up.

• Foreword, by Keith G. TidballAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Marianne E. KrasnyPart I: CULTURE BUILDING: CHANGING SOCIAL NORMS THROUGH CIVIC ECOLOGY PRACTICES1. Coming Home to Common Ground in Stressed Communities: Intentional Civic Engagement in the Collins Avenue Streamside Community of Southwest Baltimore, by Jill Wrigley, Mila Kellen Marshall, and Michael Sarbanes2. The Bitter and the Sweet of Nature: Weaving a Tapestry of Migration Stories, by Veronica Kyle and Laurel Kearns3. Grassroots Stewardship in Iran: The Rise and Significance of Nature Cleaners, by Karim-Aly Kassam, Zahra Golshani, and Marianne E. Krasny4. Returning Orange Waters to Blue: Creating a Culture of Civic Engagement through Learning Experiences, by Louise Chawla and Robert E. HughesPart II: KNOWLEDGE BUILDING: LEARNING IN CIVIC ECOLOGY PRACTICE5. The Nature of Transformative Learning for Social-Ecological Sustainability, by Martha Chaves and Arjen E. J. Wals6. Making Knowledge in Civic Ecology Practices: A Community Garden Case Study, by Philip Silva and Rosalba Lopez Ramirez7. Mapping the Route from Citizen Science to Environmental Stewardship: Integrating Adaptive Management and Civic Ecology Practice, by Rebecca JordanPart III: MOVEMENT BUILDING: CIVIC ECOLOGY AS STRATEGIC ACTION FIELD8. Adaptive Management, Adaptive Governance, and Civic Ecology, by Lance Gunderson, Elizabeth Whiting Pierce, and Marianne E. Krasny9. The Healing Powers of Nature in Joplin's Cunningham Park: Coupling Design-Build and Civic Ecology, by Keith E. Hedges, Traci Sooter, Nancy Chikaraishi, and Marianne E. Krasny10. Countering Environmental Gentrification through Economic, Cultural, and Political Equity: The 11th Street Bridge Park, by Dennis Chestnut and Marianne E. Krasny11. Civic Stewardship as a Catalyst for Social-Ecological Change in Detroit, Michigan, by Rebecca Salminen Witt, Erika Svendsen, and Marianne E. Krasny12. From Practice to Fledgling Social Movement in India: Lessons from "The Ugly Indian", by Aniruddha Abhyankar and Marianne E. KrasnyAfterword: Toward a Collaborative Engagement, by David MaddoxNotes on ContributorsIndex

Both eminently practical and theoretically sophisticated. Grassroots to Global will be of great interest to those who focus on civic ecology in particular, or scholars and practitioners who focus on grassroots approaches to social-ecological change in general.(Choice) Grassroots to Global is about reclaiming broken pieces....the text is enhanced with a variety of charts and pictures, and it clearly has a global reach.(Electric Green Journal)