Social learning in environmental management: towards a sustainable future

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 17
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 19
Section 1: A Social Learning Approach to Environmental Management......Page 20
Caring for the planet......Page 21
The environmental management and learning agendas......Page 23
The strands of social learning in environmental management......Page 24
The learning journey......Page 36
References......Page 37
Creating the contexts to foster social learning......Page 40
Becoming aware of our traditions of understanding......Page 42
Learning through language and dialogue......Page 46
Facilitating learning and dialogue......Page 49
Social learning systems in practice......Page 53
Conclusions......Page 55
References......Page 56
Systems change and renewal......Page 59
Social learning in a complex human and biophysical system......Page 67
Conclusions......Page 74
Acknowledgements......Page 76
References......Page 77
Section 2: Learning Partnerships with Communities......Page 78
Conceptions of knowledge and learning......Page 79
Characteristics of environmental/sustainability issues......Page 83
References......Page 92
Context......Page 94
Case study: Widespread water pollution in the Swan-Canning catchment......Page 95
What is the social capital of the Swan-Canning catchment?......Page 97
From solely economic to the full set of social resources......Page 98
Networking, bonding and bridging......Page 99
Conceptual issues with understanding and operationalizing social capital......Page 102
Conclusions......Page 103
References......Page 105
Learning to see environments as 'places'......Page 107
How do we learn to see environments as places?......Page 112
Collaborative management......Page 117
References......Page 118
Learning our way towards sustainable environmental management......Page 120
Challenges in co-learning......Page 121
Social relationships in learning processes......Page 123
Power relations in learning processes......Page 128
Communicating meaning and knowledge......Page 130
Conclusions......Page 132
References......Page 133
Section 3: Learning Partnerships with Government......Page 137
Where can we find community?......Page 138
Nested knowledges and whole-of-community learning......Page 140
Nested knowledges and Cool Communities......Page 145
Establishing beachheads......Page 150
Achievements of Cool Communities......Page 153
On the beach......Page 154
Conclusions......Page 157
Cool Communities Program material......Page 159
Councils and urban development planning for sustainability......Page 161
Issues facing a sustainability focus in the local government sector......Page 164
The Interactive Knowledge Management Research Project......Page 170
Conclusions......Page 181
References......Page 182
Innovating and learning in ecosystem management......Page 185
Uncertainty and ambiguity as givens......Page 186
Making sense together......Page 187
Feeling meaning is central to skilful practice......Page 190
Skills in feeling meaning can be taught......Page 196
Getting used to slowing down and listening to ourselves......Page 198
References......Page 201
Section 4: Personal and Professional Learning......Page 203
The price of domination......Page 204
Revealing domination......Page 205
The Great Work......Page 208
Entwined stories......Page 209
Conclusions......Page 215
References......Page 217
Communicating science......Page 220
Communication as a process......Page 223
Origins of the workshops......Page 224
Format of the workshops......Page 225
A walk through a workshop......Page 226
Science communication in the Pacific......Page 231
Conclusions......Page 234
References......Page 236
Social learning in practice......Page 237
Planning for social learning......Page 240
The sequence of events......Page 243
Reflection on events......Page 245
Reflections on the threads of social learning......Page 252
Conclusions......Page 254
References......Page 255
Section 5: Learning for the Future......Page 257
Five strands of learning......Page 258
Learning partnerships with communities......Page 261
Learning partnerships with government......Page 264
Learning partnerships, personal and professional......Page 267
So what have we learned?......Page 271
Conclusions......Page 273
References......Page 276
Index......Page 277