Grassroots to global: broader impacts of civic ecology

Coming home to common ground in stressed communities : intentional civic engagement in the Collins Avenue Streamside community of Southwest Baltimore / Jill Wrigley, Kellen Marshall, Michael Sarbanes -- The bitter and sweet of nature : weaving a tapestry of migration stories / Veronica Kyle, Laurel Kearns -- Grassroots stewardship in Iran : the rise and significance of nature cleaners / Karim-Aly Kassam, Zahra Golshani, Marianne E. Krasny -- Returning orange waters to blue : creating a culture of civic engagement through learning experiences / Louise Chawla, Robert Hughes -- The nature of transformative learning for social-ecological sustainability / Martha Chaves and Arjen E.J. Wals -- Making knowledge in civic ecology practices : a community garden case study / Philip Silva and Rosalba Lopez Ramirez -- Mapping the route from citizen science to environmental stewardship : integrating adaptive management and civic ecology practice / Rebecca Jordan -- Adaptive management, adaptive governance, and civic ecology / Lance Gunderson, Elizabeth Whiting Pierce, Marianne E. Krasny -- The healing powers of nature in Joplin's Cunningham Park : coupling design-build and civic ecology / Keith E Hedges, Traci Sooter, Nancy Chikaraishi, Marianne E. Krasny -- 11th Street Bridge Park : will environmental gentrification swamp Washington DC's Anacostia neighborhoods? / Dennis Chestnut, Marianne E. Krasny -- Civic stewardship as a catalyst for social ecological change in Detroit, Michigan / Rebecca Salminen Witt, Erika S. Svendsen, Marianne E. Krasny -- From practice to fledgling social movement in India : lessons from "The ugly Indian" / Aniruddha Abhyankar, Marianne E. Krasny

"This edited volume presents diverse case studies about the implications of civic ecology practices worldwide. It answers how civic ecology practices emerge, the role the practices play in the ability of communities and individuals to address social-ecological stresses, and given climate-associated disturbances, what strategies can be used to expand impacts of community driven practices to foster large-scale resilience and sustainability"--