Front Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- PART ONE: THE CONTEXT -- The Patterns that Connect -- Complex Adaptive Systems -- The Power of Metaphor -- The Compelling Need -- PART TWO: COMMUNITY -- What is Community? -- Characteristics of Human Communities -- Ways to Build and Sustain Healthy Communities -- Community in Nature -- Natural Guides to Community Building -- Communities of Place -- Communities of Practice and Practicing Community -- The Power of Story -- The New Civic Imperative -- Considering Leadership -- PART THREE: CREATIVITY -- Personal and Public Creativity -- Learning Styles -- Intercultural Communications -- Core Personalities -- Autonomy, Affiliation, Acceptance and Agreement -- Capacity, Action and Aspiration -- The Power of Prejudice -- The Power of Words -- PART FOUR: CONSCIOUSNESS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- RESOURCES WE RECOMMEND -- Back Cover.