Kitchen Table Sustainability
Practical Recipes for Community Engagement with Sustainability
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, City Planning & Urban Development
| Author: | Wendy Sarkissian, Yollana Shore, Steph Vajda, Cathy Wilkinson, Nancy Hofer | ISBN: | 9781136562525 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | May 4, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Wendy Sarkissian, Yollana Shore, Steph Vajda, Cathy Wilkinson, Nancy Hofer |
| ISBN: | 9781136562525 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | May 4, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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 distils 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.
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 distils 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.
