Kitchen table sustainability : practical recipes for community engagement with sustainability
Title:
Kitchen table sustainability : practical recipes for community engagement with sustainability
Author:
Sarkissian, Wendy
Hofer, Nancy
ISBN:
9781844076147
Publication Information:
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009
Physical Description:
xx, 373 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-353) and index
Contents:
Foreword / Peter Newman -- 'Perhaps the World Ends Here' / Jo Harjo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Sustainability Story -- 3. Community Engagement: A Pathway to Sustainability -- 4. The EATING Approach -- 5. Education -- 6. Action -- 7. Trust -- 8. Inclusion -- 9. Nourishment -- 10. Governance -- 11. Conclusions, Challenges and a Way Forward.
Abstract:
"Kitchen Table Sustainability offers a unique view of sustainability through the lens of community engagement. It takes sustainability out of the ivory towers of universities, government departments and planners to the kitchen tables of the world." "This practical guide distills decades of wisdom from community planning, engagement and sustainability practice internationally into a user-friendly and engaging book that is both inspirational and packed with hands-on tools. The core of the book is a bottom-up approach to participatory community engagement and development, referred to as EATING, that consists of six components: Education, Action, Trust, Inclusion, Nourishment and Governance."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject:
| Community development |
| Sustainable development -- Citizen participation |
| Economic development -- Citizen participation |
| Regional planning |
Summary:
"Kitchen Table Sustainability offers a unique view of sustainability through the lens of community engagement. It takes sustainability out of the ivory towers of universities, government departments and planners to the kitchen tables of the world." "This practical guide distills decades of wisdom from community planning, engagement and sustainability practice internationally into a user-friendly and engaging book that is both inspirational and packed with hands-on tools. The core of the book is a bottom-up approach to participatory community engagement and development, referred to as EATING, that consists of six components: Education, Action, Trust, Inclusion, Nourishment and Governance."--BOOK JACKET.