The purpose ofCreating a Transformational Community: The Fundamentals of Stewardship Activitiesis to provide the reader with a description of the important role that community development has in establishing healthy, cooperative, and prosocial relationships among individuals residing within their neighborhoods and communities. This book examines four primary domains in how communities can grow and positively influence individual and holistic development as well as group interaction: education and organized school systems; environmental development, such as green sustainable programs; healthful nutrition; and spiritual growth and developmentAn important scope of the manuscript is to provide the reader with insight how these four primary community domains interact with each other to play a critical role in the healthy development not of the individual but also how groups within society can work cooperatively and interdependently in creating a healthier and more sustainable community.

August John Hoffman is professor of psychology at Metropolitan State University.

Chapter 1: Transforming Schools into Communities of Learning: Inspiring Youths through Positive Learning Environments byAugust John HoffmanChapter 2: Building Collaborative Partnerships with Schools& Community Programs: Why Organized Activities are Important byAugust John HoffmanChapter 3: Get Growing: An Ecopsychological Approach to Improved Cooperative Behaviors via Community Service Work Activities byAugust John HoffmanChapter 4: Mental Health and Horticultural Therapeutic Intervention: Unique Benefits of Community Gardening to Specific Population byAugust John HoffmanChapter 5: Urban Agriculture: The New Approach in Holistic Foods Production byAugust John HoffmanChapter 6: Eating Virtues Brings Community Growth: Principles of Wholesome Foods Everybody Can Consume byDésirée WeinsChapter 7: Discovering Spirituality and Ethical Values via Community Service Activities byAugust John HoffmanChapter 8: Evolving and Essential Organizations that Facilitate Stewardship within the Community: Community Schools& Libraries byMichelle Filkins andAugust HoffmanChapter 9: Religion, Cultural Competence, and Community Service: Promoting WellnessResponding to StressFacilitating Sustained Recovery byGlen Milstein andJoseph R. Ferrari