Subject(s): Environmental management. -- Sustainable development. -- Environmental management , Case studies. -- Social learning approaches to environmental management -- Traditions of understanding: language, dialogue and experience -- Complex adaptive system: constructing mental model -- Learning partnerships with communities -- partnerships in civil society, Social capital, Combining people, place and learning, Collaborative learning : bridging scales and interests -- Learning partnerships with government : linking community and government, Governments embracing the precautionary principles, Location government practices -- Personal and professional learning : Ethics of social engagements, Science communication for Scientists, Reflective practitioner