Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Working Toward Sustainability: Successful Community- Based Efforts -- Chapter 3 Harmony Homestead and the Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research -- Chapter 4 Sustaining Community Through Collaboration: The Value of Conflict Management Training for Community Leaders -- Chapter 5 Developing, Financing, and Implementing Local Sustainable Transportation Programs -- Chapter 6 Sustaining Microcredit Programs: Lessons Learned Over Two Decades of Practice -- Chapter 7 Building a Sustainable Community and Revitalizing Urban Citizenship in Los Angeles' Empowerment Zone -- Chapter 8 Brownfield Redevelopment in Michigan: Experimenting with Contaminated Site Redevelopment Policies -- Chapter 9 The Aga Khan Rural Support Program and the Orangi Pilot Project: The Demand Side in Development -- Chapter 10 Local Control, Local Capacity and Regulatory Effectiveness: Issues in Municipal Water Pollution Control -- Chapter 11 Recycling Programs in Sustainable Communities -- Chapter 12 The Role of Technology in Creating a Sustainable Community: Application of Radio Frequency Identification Technology in Curbside Recycling -- Chapter 13 A Local Partnership for Sustainable Food and Agriculture: The Case of PlacerGROWN -- Chapter 14 Food Gatherers: The Role of Entrepreneurship and Political Context in Sustainable Community Programs -- Chapter 15 Empty Bowls: A Simple Idea to Feed Hungry People -- Chapter 16 The Gwinnett Coalition for Human Resource Development -- Chapter 17 Environmental Management Information Systems and Sustainable Communities -- Chapter 18 Engaging Youth in Their Communities: The Ultimate Tool for Sustainability -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.