Introduction: environmentalism and everyday life / John M. Meyer and Jens M. Kersten -- pt. I. Concepts and movements. The new environmentalism of everyday life : sustainability, material flows, and movements / David Schlosberg and Romand Coles -- Just another brick in the toilet : 50 simple things that you can do to save the earth and the riddle of green consumer culture / Andrew N. Case -- pt. II. Household. The household as infrastructure : the politics and porosity of dwelling in a time of environmental emergency / Fiona Allon -- Homemaking practices of provision and maintenance : implications for environmental action / Cecily J. Maller -- The everyday toxicity of the 'average' North American home / Teena Gabrielson -- Household maintenance and the environmental politics of tending / Brad Mapes-Martins -- pt. III. Infrastructure. Greening lifestyles, homes, and urban infrastructure in Chicago, IL, and Jacksonville, FL / Michael J. Lorr -- At home in the watershed : environmental imaginaries and spatial politics in Los Angeles / Sayd Randle -- pt. IV. Biodiversity in unexpected spaces. Reimagining the backyard : implications and opportunities for sustainability / Shannon K. Orr -- Urban biodiversity : ambivalences, concepts, and policies / Jens M. Kersten -- pt. V. Land. The tragedy of the uncommon : property, possession, and belonging in community gardens / Piers H.G. Stephens -- Making the land connection : local food farms and sustainability of place / Jennifer Meta Robinson -- pt. VI. Mobility. Automobility and freedom / John M. Meyer -- Bicycling and the politics of recognition / Yogi Hale Hendlin -- pt. VII. (Dis)engagement. Ontologies of sustainability in ecovillage culture : integrating ecology, economics, community and consciousness / Karen Litfin -- Everyday household practice in alternative residential dwellings : the non-environmental motivations for environmental behavior / Chelsea Schelly.