Coming home to common ground in stressed communities : intentional civic engagement in the Collins Avenue Streamside community of Southwest Baltimore / Jill Wrigley, Kellen Marshall, Michael Sarbanes -- The bitter and sweet of nature : weaving a tapestry of migration stories / Veronica Kyle, Laurel Kearns -- Grassroots stewardship in Iran : the rise and significance of nature cleaners / Karim-Aly Kassam, Zahra Golshani, Marianne E. Krasny -- Returning orange waters to blue : creating a culture of civic engagement through learning experiences / Louise Chawla, Robert Hughes -- The nature of transformative learning for social-ecological sustainability / Martha Chaves and Arjen E.J. Wals -- Making knowledge in civic ecology practices : a community garden case study / Philip Silva and Rosalba Lopez Ramirez -- Mapping the route from citizen science to environmental stewardship : integrating adaptive management and civic ecology practice / Rebecca Jordan -- Adaptive management, adaptive governance, and civic ecology / Lance Gunderson, Elizabeth Whiting Pierce, Marianne E. Krasny -- The healing powers of nature in Joplin's Cunningham Park : coupling design-build and civic ecology / Keith E Hedges, Traci Sooter, Nancy Chikaraishi, Marianne E. Krasny -- 11th Street Bridge Park : will environmental gentrification swamp Washington DC's Anacostia neighborhoods? / Dennis Chestnut, Marianne E. Krasny -- Civic stewardship as a catalyst for social ecological change in Detroit, Michigan / Rebecca Salminen Witt, Erika S. Svendsen, Marianne E. Krasny -- From practice to fledgling social movement in India : lessons from "The ugly Indian" / Aniruddha Abhyankar, Marianne E. Krasny.