Green frontiers : : environmental educators dancing away from mechanism / / edited by James Gray-Donald and David Selby.

• Superior document: Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education ; Volume 30
• TeilnehmendeR: Gray-Donald, James,; Selby, David, 1906-2002,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Transgressions (Rotterdam, Netherlands) ; Volume 30.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Environmental education has reached an interesting crossroads. There has never before been such media attention on hard-to-grasp issues such as climate change, nor has there ever been such scientific understanding and agreement about the varied aspects of the environmental crisis, the loss of biodiversity, and the health effects of human-made toxins and pollutants. In addition, there has never been so much high quality research within environmental education, with new journals flourishing in Canada, Australia, and South Africa to give just a few examples. Yet, despite all this knowledge and attention, there has not been a significant shift in the way the economy operates, the way governments govern or the way people live. Consumption of resources continues to increase and these patterns continue to be closely correlated with levels of waste, pollution, environmental ill health, and social injustice. This book showcases the work and thinking of environmental educators who are concerned about the residual mechanism within their field, the guiding symbol of the web of life in all its dynamism notwithstanding. The notion of web recognizes interaction between all elements in a system but falls short of recognizing the flow of the whole through the system and its parts. The notion of dance is used here to convey this fundamental, yet oft overlooked, dimension to wholeness.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- Introduction / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- What Are Our Bearings? / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- Narratives of Exploration / James Gray-Donald -- Environmental Justice in Education / Shirley Thompson -- The Firm and Shaky Ground of Education for Sustainable Development / David Selby -- Transcending Frontiers / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- Holistic Education and Environmental Education / John (Jack) P. Miller -- A Critical Eco-Relational Psychology for Intimate Learning Communities / Virginia Thompson -- TRANSGRESSING FRONTIERS / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- Abundance’s Connection / Lucy Penna -- The Reenchantment of the Natural World / Edmund O’Sullivan -- Queering Environmental Education / Constance L. Russell, , Tema Sarick and Jaqueline Kennelly -- A Forgotten but Close(d) Frontier / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- Young People’s Perceptions of the Mental Capacities of Non-human Animals and Their Moral Opinions on Animal Use / Carol M. Okamoto -- Encouraging Compassion in Education / Robert S. E. Caine -- Critical Zoo Education / Kim Robinson -- Transgressing Frontiers (2) / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- Bastions of Mechanism—Castles Built on Sand / Sandy Steen -- Experiments at the Edge of the Mechanism / Sara Tillet -- The Need for Climate Change in Education / David Selby -- Autopoietic Education – Contours of the Future / Wendy Agnew -- Contributor Notes / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- Index / James Gray-Donald and David Selby -- Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education / James Gray-Donald and David Selby.