Land Acknowledgment Preface - Jessica M. Jones Acknowledgments Introduction - Amanda E. Hayes I. Roots and Brambles: The Nature of Appalachian Sustainability Aunt Bett's Beans - Ivy Brashear The Walker Sisters: Preservation, Human Spectacle, and Land Use in Southern Appalachia - Nicole Drewitz-Crockett Camp Elizabeth-Who I Am, Where I'm From - Liz Emmerth Rexroad Dark Ecology and the Monstrous Mother in Old Gods of Appalachia - Paul Thomas Misadventures with Backyard Chickens: Lessons on Heritage and Homesteading - Lockie Hunter A Man Around the House: Lessons in Dumpster Diving and Sustainability - Lockie Hunter Falling Rock Area - Deborah Fleming II. Seeds and Saplings: Education for Sustainability Homecoming: Love Notes on Sustainability for Appalachia - Sarah Powell Haunted in Place: Folktale Pedagogy - Taylor Nasim Stone The Witches They Could Not Burn: Writing as Resistance in Appalachia - Sarah Long Teaching with the Mountains: Reflections on Place and Identity in Science Education - Amanda Garner Loyalty and Truth: Navigating Environmental Justice Conversations as a Coal Miner's Daughter - Kristen LeFevers Embodied Practices: Sustaining Students from Appalachia after Hurricane Helene - Elizabeth Weems III. Branches and Boughs: Reaching Toward Sustainability Foul and Fertile Ground: The Legacy Pollution of Coal Extraction and its Implications on a Sustainable Appalachian Future - Aysha Bodenhamer and Luc Biscan-White Sustaining Appalachian Mobilities: Connecting Rail Trails with Local Histories in Western North Carolina - Matthew Calloway An Abolitionist Future for Appalachia - Meghan Moore-Hubbard Fractured Lives, Resistant Roots: A Braided Essay Across Three Voices - Jessica Radicic Residues and Regeneration in Northern Appalachia - David Blackmore Walking the Homeplace - Jessica Jones IV. Growing a Forest: Taking Action Practice Everyday Wisdom--Appalachia Style - Larry Smith Grow Porch Potatoes - Amanda Hayes Find Your Wild Place - Sarah Long Map Your Appalachian Soft Skills - Sarah Powell Rewild your Yard - Jessica Jones Read Roadside Markers - Matthew Calloway Help Incarcerated Folks - Meghan Moore Hubbard Investigate Sustainability Practices in Appalachia - Kristen LeFevers Hunt For Your Ancestral Stories - Elizabeth Tussey Be a Creek Keeper - Richard Hague Support Gender Identity - Barbara Marie Minney Cultivate an Eco-friendly Household - Patrice Stank Take Part in Mutual Aid - Christina Fisanick Walk a Haiku Path to Advocacy - Barbara Sabol Dance with The Ones That Came Before - Greg Bealer Be Our Best Selves - Kari Gunter-Seymour Support Sustainable Efforts Across the Region - Amanda Hayes and Jessica Jones Bibliography Contributors Index.