Grassroots to Global: Broader Impacts of Civic Ecology

Published by Cornell University Press 2021

Grassroots to Global

Broader Impacts of Civic Ecology

Edited by: Marianne E. Krasny
Afterword by: David Maddox
Preface by: Keith G. Tidball

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501714993

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About this book

Addressing participatory, transdisciplinary approaches to local stewardship of the environment, Grassroots to Global features scholars and stewards exploring the broad impacts of civic engagement with the environment.

Chapters focus on questions that include: How might faith-based institutions in Chicago expand the work of church-community gardens? How do volunteer "nature cleaners" in Tehran attempt to change Iranian social norms? How does an international community in Baltimore engage local people in nature restoration while fostering social equity? How does a child in an impoverished coal mining region become a local and national leader in abandoned mine restoration? And can a loose coalition that transforms blighted areas in Indian cities into pocket parks become a social movement? From the findings of the authors’ diverse case studies, editor Marianne Krasny provides a way to help readers understand the greater implications of civic ecology practices through the lens of multiple disciplines.

Contributors:
Aniruddha Abhyankar, Martha Chaves, Louise Chawla, Dennis Chestnut, Nancy Chikaraishi, Zahra Golshani, Lance Gunderson, Keith E. Hedges, Robert E. Hughes, Rebecca Jordan, Karim-Aly Kassam, Laurel Kearns, Marianne E. Krasny, Veronica Kyle, David Maddox, Mila Kellen Marshall, Elizabeth Whiting Pierce, Rosalba Lopez Ramirez, Michael Sarbanes, Philip Silva, Traci Sooter, Erika S. Svendsen, Keith G. Tidball, Arjen E. J. Wals, Rebecca Salminen Witt, Jill Wrigley

Author / Editor information

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.

Reviews

Thomas Elmqvist, Stockholm Resilience Center:

Across the globe, people in urban communities are developing new ethics and cultures around their evolving relationship with nature. This book takes on the crucial task of exploring those new perspectives. The authors examine numerous practical examples of environmental stewardship and consider to what extent these movements may shape and create new alliances and movements and how they will help define the urban environment.

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.

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Keith G. Tidball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. CULTURE BUILDING: CHANGING SOCIAL NORMS THROUGH CIVIC ECOLOGY PRACTICES
1. Coming Home to Common Ground in Stressed Communities: Intentional Civic Engagement in the Collins Avenue Streamside Community of Southwest Baltimore Jill Wrigley, Mila Kellen Marshall and Michael Sarbanes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. The Bitter and The Sweet of Nature: Weaving a Tapestry of Migration Stories Veronica Kyle and Laurel Kearns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Grassroots Stewardship in Iran: The Rise and Significance of Nature Cleaners Karim-Aly Kassam, Zahra Golshani and Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
4. Returning Orange Waters to Blue: Creating a Culture of Civic Engagement through Learning Experiences Louise Chawla and Robert E. Hughes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Part II. KNOWLEDGE BUILDING: LEARNING IN CIVIC ECOLOGY PRACTICE
5. The Nature of Transformative Learning for Social-Ecological Sustainability Martha Chaves and Arjen E. J. Wals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6. Making Knowledge in Civic Ecology Practices: A Community Garden Case Study Philip Silva and Rosalba Lopez Ramirez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
7. Mapping the Route from Citizen Science to Environmental Stewardship: Integrating Adaptive Management and Civic Ecology Practice Rebecca Jordan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Part III. MOVEMENT BUILDING: CIVIC ECOLOGY AS STRATEGIC ACTION FIELD
8. Adaptive Management, Adaptive Governance, and Civic Ecology Lance Gunderson, Elizabeth Whiting Pierce and Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
9. The Healing Powers of Nature in Joplin’s Cunningham Park: Coupling Design-Build and Civic Ecology Keith E. Hedges, Traci Sooter, Nancy Chikaraishi and Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
10. Countering Environmental Gentrification Through Economic, Cultural, and Political Equity: The 11th Street Bridge Park Dennis Chestnut and Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
11. Civic Stewardship as a Catalyst for Social-Ecological Change in Detroit, Michigan Rebecca Salminen Witt, Erika S. Svendsen and Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
12. From Practice to Fledgling Social Movement in India: Lessons from “The Ugly Indian” Aniruddha Abhyankar and Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Afterword: Toward a Collaborative Engagement David Maddox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 276
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 35
- Images: 28
- Other: 28 b&w halftones, 6 diagrams, 1 graph
Keywords: community garden; civic ecology; nature resotration; social movements; environmental stewards

eBook

Published: June 15, 2018
ISBN: 9781501714993