The fifth issue of Volume 6 of The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability is now available.

Volume 6, Number 5 contains:

• A Proposal for a New Environmental Protocol: Merging Economic Interests with Environment Protection by Ji Ho Kim and Seung Heon Lee
• Managing Contaminated Aquifers as Sources of Drinking Water by Hillel Rubin, Eran Rubin and Holger Schüttrumpf.
• An Approach to Promote Sustainability in Small Size Manufacturing Companies: A Case Study in a Developing Country by Aiman Ziout.
• Simple and Sustainable Earthen Architecture: Innovative Buildings from Local Materials by GH Hossein Memarian, Asgharmohammad Moradi and N. Dehghan.
• Climate Change in the High Andes: Implications and Adaptation Strategies for Small-scale Farmers by Carlos Perez, Claire Nicklin, Olivier Dangles, Steven Vanek, Stephen Sherwood, Stephan Halloy, Karen A. Garrett and Gregory Forbes.
• The Influence of Industrial Forest Management Interests on Forest Restoration and Carbon Sequestration Policy and Practice by Will Russell.
• NERICA, ‘Kimaa”, and the Sustainability of Rice Farming in Magbainba Ndohahun Chiefdom, Sierra Leone by Christopher M. Thomas.

• Can we make a Sustainable Development for our Rehabilitation? A Comparative Study of Probation Service between Hong Kong and London by David Wailun Ho.
• Languages at the Precipice: Sustainability in a Context of Globalization by Peter Heffernan.
• Subjective Well-being and Sustainable Consumption by Necati Aydin.
• Using Multimedia to Encourage Public Participation in Planning and Design Decision-making Processes by Cletus Moobela and Lamine Mahdjoubi.
• Imaging and Imagining of Hawaiian Identity: Cultural Sustainability on the Island of Hawai‘i by Ashley Meredith and David V. Fazzino II.
• Importance of Developing Culturally Sensitive Measurement Tools for Perceptions of Health: Perceptions of Health by Michelle Gonya, Savitri Singh-Carlson, Rathnasiri A Hewage, Melawhy L. , BA Garcia and Sovirny, BS Norng.
• Family/Workmates/Friends/Grandchildren: Social Connectedness and Social Support in a Group of Older Adults with Osteoarthritis by Jane Elizabeth Hiscock.
• Decentralized Institutions for Sustainable Water Management: Study of Indigenous (Gond and Kohli) Community-based Organizations in Maharashtra, India by Namrata P. Joshi-Vishwasrao.
• Self Construal and Positioning of CSR Initiatives: Key Factors Influencing Employee Perceptions and Participation by Brynn Harrington, Gail Ann Berger and Mindy Douthit.
• Sustainability Education is Key to a Secure Water Future in the Western United States by Deiadra Dissen Swartz.
• Culture in the Winds of Change: Fostering a ‘Culture of Sustainability’ & Making the Case for Cultural Indicators by Douglas C. Worts.
• Defining Cultural Sustainability in Multicultural Built Environments by David Beynon.
• Lowering Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Power Generation by Forming Usable Carbonates: Mineral Carbonation as a CO? Sequestration Option in NSW, Australia by Judy Bailey and Monica Davis.