Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   B.D. Wortham-Galvin ,  Jennifer H. Allen (Portland State University) ,  Jacob Sherman (Portland State University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Greenleaf Publishing
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781783535705

ISBN 10:   1783535709
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Preface Tom Fisher, Director, Metropolitan Design Center, University of Minnesota Introduction B.D. Wortham-Galvin, Jennifer H. Allen, Jacob Sherman 1. A year-long journey in the orchard: Growing community amid the brambles Kevin Kecskes, Rita Sumner, Erin Elliott & Adriane Ackerman 2. Engaged in waste: Two Case Studies from Portland State linking operational sustainability and student/community engagement Brad Melaugh and Thea Kindschuh 3. What happens when high school students publish books: Cultural sustainability in a university-community partnership Per Henninsgaard 4. Promoting international urban sustainability through innovative community-university partnership: The case of Hoi An, Vietnam Shpresa Halimi, Julia Babcock and Marcus Ingle 5. Bridges to a brighter future: University/Corrections partnerships as a sustainability issue Deborah Smith Arthur 6. Rooted in History: Portland's Heritage Trees Catherine McNeur 7. Food access and affordability in the Foster Green Ecodistrict: Lessons from student engagement with equity and sustainability in SE Portland Hunter Shobe and Gwyneth Manser 8. Portland made: Building partnerships to support the local artisan/maker community Charles Heying and Stephen Marotta 9. Partnerships for healthy classrooms: The SAGE green modular classroom project Margarette Leite 10. Crossing boundaries; Context, culture, and practice in transnational collaborations Jack Corbett, Nydia Dehli Mata-Sanchez and Mandy Elder 11. Building cultural bridges: Inclusive environmental planning and outreach through university-community partnerships Renee Bogin Curtis and Nelda E. Reyes Garcia 12. Decolonizing sustainability: Students, teachers, and indigenous-university partnerships Katrine Barber and Donna Sinclair 13. Critical indigenous pedagogy of place: Bridging teaching, researching, and mentoring for social sustainability, equity, and change Alma M.O. Trinidad, Keisha Mateo, Berenis Peregrino-Galvez, Kris Kelsang Lipman, Pablo H. Saldana, Mireaya Medina, Imani Muhammad 14. Building Culture: Design Thinking & Architecture-Community Relationships B.D. Wortham-Galvin About the authors

Reviews

<b>Praise for the series: </b> In the past, universities have been separate from their surrounding environments, disconnected or even abstractly unconnected from the living, breathing place in which they are embedded. The team at PSU exquisitely bring together a prototype for how urban universities should work to ingrain themselves in their cities and ensure their ecological, economic and social success. --Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University

Praise for the series: -In the past, universities have been separate from their surrounding environments, disconnected or even abstractly unconnected from the living, breathing place in which they are embedded. The team at PSU exquisitely bring together a prototype for how urban universities should work to ingrain themselves in their cities and ensure their ecological, economic and social success.---Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University Praise for the series: -A great example of vision, execution, and civic engagement led by the faculty and administration of PSU....an exceptional and inspiring story about cross-fertilization between higher education and Main Street that works to sustain and energize.---David W. Orr, Counselor to the President, Oberlin College Praise for the series: In the past, universities have been separate from their surrounding environments, disconnected or even abstractly unconnected from the living, breathing place in which they are embedded. The team at PSU exquisitely bring together a prototype for how urban universities should work to ingrain themselves in their cities and ensure their ecological, economic and social success. --Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University Praise for the series: A great example of vision, execution, and civic engagement led by the faculty and administration of PSU....an exceptional and inspiring story about cross-fertilization between higher education and Main Street that works to sustain and energize. --David W. Orr, Counselor to the President, Oberlin College

Praise for the series: A great example of vision, execution, and civic engagement led by the faculty and administration of PSU....an exceptional and inspiring story about cross-fertilization between higher education and Main Street that works to sustain and energize. -- (01/28/2017) Praise for the series: In the past, universities have been separate from their surrounding environments, disconnected or even abstractly unconnected from the living, breathing place in which they are embedded. The team at PSU exquisitely bring together a prototype for how urban universities should work to ingrain themselves in their cities and ensure their ecological, economic and social success. --Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University

Author Information

B.D. WORTHAM-GALVIN and JENNIFER H. ALLEN are faculty members at Portland State University, and JACOB SHERMAN is Sustainability Curriculum Coordinator at Portland State's Institute for Sustainable Solutions.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions