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Preface Tom Fisher, Director, Metropolitan Design Center, University of MinnesotaIntroduction B.D. Wortham-Galvin, Jennifer H. Allen, Jacob Sherman1. A year-long journey in the orchard: Growing community amid the brambles Kevin Kecskes, Rita Sumner, Erin Elliott & Adriane Ackerman2. Engaged in waste: Two Case Studies from Portland State linking operational sustainability and student/community engagement Brad Melaugh and Thea Kindschuh3. What happens when high school students publish books: Cultural sustainability in a university–community partnership Per Henninsgaard4. Promoting international urban sustainability through innovative community–university partnership: The case of Hoi An, Vietnam Shpresa Halimi, Julia Babcock and Marcus Ingle5. Bridges to a brighter future: University/Corrections partnerships as a sustainability issue Deborah Smith Arthur6. Rooted in History: Portland’s Heritage Trees Catherine McNeur7. Food access and affordability in the Foster Green Ecodistrict: Lessons from student engagement with equity and sustainability in SE Portland Hunter Shobe and Gwyneth Manser8. Portland made: Building partnerships to support the local artisan/maker community Charles Heying and Stephen Marotta9. Partnerships for healthy classrooms: The SAGE green modular classroom project Margarette Leite10. Crossing boundaries; Context, culture, and practice in transnational collaborations Jack Corbett, Nydia Dehli Mata-Sánchez and Mandy Elder11. Building cultural bridges: Inclusive environmental planning and outreach through university–community partnerships Renée Bogin Curtis and Nelda E. Reyes Garcia12. Decolonizing sustainability: Students, teachers, and indigenous-university partnerships Katrine Barber and Donna Sinclair13. 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 Muhammad14. Building Culture: Design Thinking & Architecture–Community Relationships B.D. Wortham-GalvinAbout the authors
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B.D. Wortham-Galvin, Jennifer H. Allen, Jacob Sherman
Summary
Sustainable Solutions shares best practice in community-engaged teaching and sustainability-focused research at Portland State University. This volume explores how these partnerships work in practice, analyzing 13 projects to offer pragmatic guidance, critical reflections and inspiration for creating effective university-community partnerships.
