Transformative Sustainability Education: Reimagining Our Future (Research and Teaching in Environmental Studies)

Synopsis

This book lays out the principles and practices of transformative sustainability education using a relational way of thinking and being. Elizabeth A. Lange advocates for a new approach to environmental and sustainability education, that of rethinking the Western way of knowing and being and engendering a frank discussion about the societal elements that are generating climate, environmental, economic, and social issues. Highlighting the importance of Indigenous and life-giving cultures, the book covers educational theory, transformation stories of adult learners, social and economic critique, and visions of changemakers. Each chapter also has a strong pedagogical element, with entry points for learners and embodied practices and examples of taking action at micro/meso/macro levels woven throughout. Overall, this book enacts a relational approach to transformative sustainability education that draws from post humanist theory, process thought, relational ontology, decolonization theory, Indigenous philosophy, and a spirituality that builds a sense of sacred towards the living world. Written in an imaginative, storytelling manner, this book will be a great resource for formal and nonformal environmental and sustainability educators.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

438 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000821437

Related ISBNs:

9780367747060, 9781003159643, 9780367747046

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/28/23

Copyrighted By:

Elizabeth A. Lange, The right of Elizabeth A. Lange to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Education, Social Studies, Earth Sciences

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