Radhika Iyengar, Pooja Iyengar

Grassroots Approaches to Education for Sustainable Development (eBook, ePUB)

A Comparative Study of the USA and India

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book showcases and compares grassroots environmental education initiatives and actions in Millburn, New Jersey in the USA, and Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in India. Across the two towns the collective actions discussed include the Fridays For Future strikes, activism through school's 'green team', plastic clean-up missions, conducting workshops, conferences, and organizing green fairs.

The authors discuss a range of concepts and ideas that have a broader relevance to local and global environmental education such as global citizenship, climate activism, national and municipal policies, gender, and ecofeminism. They show how the stories of the two towns are connected with sustainable development goals and education for sustainable development. Ultimately the book shows how education can be used as a tool to promote climate change solutions and how this can benefit schools, communities and the planet.

The book includes a Foreword written by Ruth DeFries, University Denning Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University, USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350320086
• Artikelnr.: 68879848

Autorenporträt

Radhika Iyengar is Director of Education and Research Scholar in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Ruth DeFries (Columbia University, USA) 1. Introduction 2. City
Scapes: History and the Current Contexts 3. Our Past That Connects Us to
Our Future 4. The Potential of the Neglected Non-Formal Education 5. The
Use and Throw Culture 6. Informal Environmental Education 7. The Pandemic
and Citizen-Led Relief Work 8. Characteristics of Agents of Change 9. Small
Businesses and Support 10. Global Dialogue on Environmental Education 11. A
Comparative Perspective on Environmental Justice 12. Government Support and
Civics Education Needed for Climate Problem Solvers 13. Measuring Progress
14. Raising Socially Just and Equity Focused Kids Through Value-Based
Curricular Practices 15. Conclusion References Index