The new field of sustainability science that has arisen over the past three decades, largely oriented toward cities, under closer examination may prove to be wholly inadequate deal with issues it was initially designed address. Built upon modernist value assumptions, its entire range outlooks failed account for character virtues needed realize sustainable approaches future, which are better fou...

This paper presents an exploratory case study of a new community-led sustainability initiative in the UK called the Transition movement. In recent months Transition movement groups have appeared in a significant number of UK towns with the stated aim of responding to the question: “how can our community respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change?” [Transition N...

Continuous living cover's (CLC) perennial and winter annual crop varieties present a novel opportunity to increase the diversity resiliency of agroecological systems in Mid-Continent North America. However, transforming predominant agri-food regime remains complex daunting undertaking. In face such complexity, recent body literature highlights particular importance intermediaries facilitating s...

• We present a systematic review of studies grassroots innovations for sustainability transitions that employ power and empowerment theory. The analysis integrates sociological political science theories are fairly new to the scholarship. Conceptual development related is limited. identify reproduced epistemic bias favours analyses as strategic exercises. Three main avenues future research prop...

As the societal benefits associated with transitioning to more sustainable, less fossil fuel-reliant energy systems are increasingly recognized by communities throughout the world, the potential of creating ‘green jobs’ within a ‘green economy’ is attracting much attention. Green energy clusters are increasingly promoted throughout the world as a strategy to simultaneously promote economic vita...