Tending Nature

This book aims to contribute to the understanding of the building blocks and ethics of citizen involvement in environmental conservation by studying successful cases of shared environmental governance in the Americas, and to inform policy-making about behavioral change induction and the steps towards co-management of public national resources and THE COMMONS. The cases are analyzed from a geographical perspective to provide a framework to rethink eco-citizenship according to principles based on bioregionalism, a perspective that parts from viewing eco-citizenship as a global culture, and pleads for its re-embedding in the shared lived spaces of groups of citizens. Readers will learn how to WORK TOWARDS Nature-Human reconciliation with multi-stakeholders as protagonists of GREEN/BLUE/BEE INITIATIVES, alongside community learning, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS RISING and citizen participation, to enrich the decision-making process and Establish environmental justice FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS. The case studies presented in this book, selected from Brazil, Canada, COLOMBIA, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States, show some of the most progressive innovations in the Americas in terms of Green/BLUE/BEE planning IN URBAN, PERIURBAN AND RURAL AREAS. THESE PROPOSALS FOR TENDING NATURE AROUND US WITH EMPATHY AND RESPECT INCLUDE CO-MANAGEMENT AND NETWORKING METHODS TO CARRY ON PROXIMITY URBAN GARDENING, WILD BEE CONSERVATION, WATER SOURCE PROTECTION, COMMUNITY-BASED WATER MANAGEMENT, RIVER REAPPROPRIATION, AND METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY AND GREEN SPACES MANAGEMENT. The book will be of interest to students, urban and RURAL planners, researchers, academics, networking professionals, Decision-makers, international development volunteers, activists in environmental organizations AND CURIOUS CITIZENS.