Congratulations to Diane Costello and Brian Bishop, the winners of the International Award for Excellence in the area of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability for their paper Community Sustainability and Social Justice: Whose Vision?

Abstract: Government policies in Australia rely heavily on local communities developing their social capital networks to solve complex social, economic and environmental problems. This study explored a regional community’s experiences with promoting social, environmental and economic strategies to facilitate community development within the sustainability paradigm. Applying multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks this study contributes a contextual view of a complex adaptive system. It is argued that the power differentials in governance relations and inclusivity of stake-holders in developing community visions is overlooked by decision makers. Furthermore that locational disadvantage and political isolation are also key considerations.

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Congratulations to all of the International Award for Excellence finalists:

• Geoffrey Beattie and Laura Sale: Explicit and Implicit Attitudes to Low and High Carbon Footprint Products
• Sue Cornforth: Ethical Thinking and Environmental Responsibility: A Contradiction in Terms
• Paul Derby: The Role of Anthropology in the Global Sustainability Movement: Maintaining the Small While Transforming the Large
• Rachael Dixey and Mary Green: Sustainability of the Health Care Workforce in Africa: A Way Forward in Zambia
• Che Zuriana Muhammad Jamil, Lynn Hodgkinson and Eifiona Thomas Lane: The Effect of Management Control System on Hotel Environmental Performance
• Keson Loke: Towards a Perpetual Congruence Theory for Sustainability of International Business: A Conceptual Framework
• Julie Matthews, Tim Smith and Robert Mangoyana: The Conquest of the Peri-Urban: Sustainability and Postcolonialism
• Kevin Morrison and James Albers: Authentic Sustainability: How the Reasons for Implementation Affect its Success
• Poomalay Poinen, Chandradeo Bokhoree, Kailash Balnac and Romeela Mohee: Evaluating and Forecasting Future Energy Consumption Patterns for a Sustainable Hotel Sector in Mauritius
• Christopher Warburton: Sustainable Development as Efficiency and Equity