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The article addresses the 11 th UN sustainable development goal about sustainable cities and communities. It analyses how notions of 'the social' come across in relation to social sustainability in a case study of a renovation project in the non-profit housing sector in Denmark-a project which has social sustainability as a core concern. The process is analysed by distilling various understandings of 'the social' appearing in the project and herein the different types of participation that these understandings relate to. The analysis demonstrates that working with social sustainability and the aims and ideals associated with it is not straight forward, since 'social sustainability' is not a tangible target, but rather something which is reinterpreted and subject to changing perceptions along the process. The dynamic and changing character of 'sociality' suggests that social sustainability requires a focus on the conditions and ongoing processes and interactions, which continuously constitute the social life and relations between residents in a neighborhood. Thus, a careful attention to context is suggested. In this manner, the article adds to empirical knowledge about processes organised to strengthen social sustainability in urban environments and contributes theoretically with a nuanced understanding of what the 'social' denotes in the context of sustainable development.

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This article is based on a field study of adventure ecotourism in Nepal, and aims to explore how social entrepreneurs operationalize and practice sustainable development in this field. The qualitative data material was analyzed from a critical hermeneutical approach. The article reviews views of currently discussed, multi-dimensional sustainability models representing the idea that sustainability can be developed with an eye to the dynamics between society, the environment, and economy. These dimensions of sustainability were brought into the analysis of the case organization, offering empirical practice perspectives on: the articulation of fundamental values put into action; efforts towards ecology; and the involvement of the local community. All of these have an emphasis on education as a tool for change. Based on examples and critical insight into current sustainability models, the article concludes: that it is of central importance to the case study organization to find a balance between the dimensions; that they are interconnected; and that one aspect of this implies viewing economy as a means rather than an end in itself.