Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning Initiative
Sustainable planning is a vital tool for municipalities seeking to promote equitable economic and environmental development within their communities. Successful implementation of sustainability initiatives involves many factors, ranging from engaging stakeholders for input to combining and leveragi...
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2025-03-01
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| author | Patrick C. Exmeyer Henry Cunningham Eli T. Miller Caleb Martin Morgan Bentley Ellie Nelson |
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Sustainable planning is a vital tool for municipalities seeking to promote equitable economic and environmental development within their communities. Successful implementation of sustainability initiatives involves many factors, ranging from engaging stakeholders for input to combining and leveraging existing resources from both community and institutional stakeholder groups. This study illustrates how collaborative partnerships formed through community-university relationships can facilitate community-based learning and community-engaged scholarship initiatives centered on sustainable planning. Using the example of a student-led tree audit in a partner community, the study demonstrates how community-based learning and community-engaged scholarship principles may be applied to achieve municipal sustainability goals. The study outlines how community-based learning agendas formed through community-institution collaborative partnerships can generate actionable insights for communities pursuing sustainability initiatives.
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| spelling | doaj-art-474b2d0fe9df40e9a2a139ed3ea84cb42025-08-20T03:00:04ZengThe University of AlabamaJournal of Community Engagement and Scholarship1944-12072837-80752025-03-0117110.54656/jces.v17i1.641Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning InitiativePatrick C. Exmeyer0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-6199Henry Cunningham1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-2035Eli T. Miller2https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1919-2388Caleb Martin3https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8016-027XMorgan Bentley4Ellie Nelson5University of LouisvilleUniversity of LouisvilleUniversity of LouisvillePurdue UniversityUniversity of LouisvilleUniversity of Louisville Sustainable planning is a vital tool for municipalities seeking to promote equitable economic and environmental development within their communities. Successful implementation of sustainability initiatives involves many factors, ranging from engaging stakeholders for input to combining and leveraging existing resources from both community and institutional stakeholder groups. This study illustrates how collaborative partnerships formed through community-university relationships can facilitate community-based learning and community-engaged scholarship initiatives centered on sustainable planning. Using the example of a student-led tree audit in a partner community, the study demonstrates how community-based learning and community-engaged scholarship principles may be applied to achieve municipal sustainability goals. The study outlines how community-based learning agendas formed through community-institution collaborative partnerships can generate actionable insights for communities pursuing sustainability initiatives. https://account.jces.ua.edu/index.php/s-j-jces/article/view/641community-based learningcommunity-engaged researchcommunity-academic partnershipscommunity sustainability |
| spellingShingle | Patrick C. Exmeyer Henry Cunningham Eli T. Miller Caleb Martin Morgan Bentley Ellie Nelson Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning Initiative Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship community-based learning community-engaged research community-academic partnerships community sustainability |
| title | Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning Initiative |
| title_full | Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning Initiative |
| title_fullStr | Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning Initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning Initiative |
| title_short | Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning Initiative |
| title_sort | harnessing collaborative partnerships toward sustainability a community based learning initiative |
| topic | community-based learning community-engaged research community-academic partnerships community sustainability |
| url | https://account.jces.ua.edu/index.php/s-j-jces/article/view/641 |
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