Meg Keen

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed reports, academic literature and regional speeches to develop a Blue Economy conceptual framework, which is then applied to three case studies from the fisheries sector -small scale fisheries, urban fish markets and onshore tuna processing.

Abstract: This comprehensive volume - containing 27 chapters and contributions from six continents - presents and discusses key principles, perspectives, and practices of social learning in the context of sustainability. Social learning is explored from a range of fields challenged by sustainability including: organizational learning, environmental management and corporate social responsibility; multi-stakeholder governance; education, learning and educational psychology; multiple land-use and integrated rural development; and consumerism and critical consumer education. An entire section of the book is devoted to a number of reflective case studies of people, organizations and communities using forms of social learning in moving towards sustainability.'This book brings together a range of ideas, stories, and discussions about purposeful learning in communities aimed at creating a world that is more sustainable than the one currently in prospect...The book is designed to expand the network of conversations through which our society can confront various perspectives, discover emerging patterns, and apply learning to a variety of emotional and social contexts' - From the Foreword by Fritjof Capra, co-founder of the Center of Ecoliteracy. 'Joining what is so clear and refreshing in this book with the larger movements toward a critically democratic and activist education that is worthy of its name, is but one step in the struggle for sustainability. But it is an essential step if we are to use the insights that are included in this book' - From the Afterword by Michael Apple, author of "Educating the "Right" Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality".

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the biophysical and social vulnerabilities associated with urbanization in the South Pacific and these vulnerabilities affect human security, including the fragile environments of the island nations, limited land resources, shortages of basic resources, and the risks associated with global warming.