Ecopedagogy: Educating for Sustainability in Schools and Society

With ever-mounting and unprecedented ecological crises such as global warming, biodiversity extinction, the pollution by synthetic chemicals and other toxins, schools can no longer afford anything less than a thoroughgoing commitment to teaching for sustainability. Ecopedagogy can contribute to this project by working in the tradition of critical pedagogy to critique the current pedagogical terrain from the standpoint of sustainability and advancing potential openings for robust forms of ecoliteracy. Ideal for courses in education and environmental studies, this accessibly written introduction provides a powerful illustration for how the notion of ecopedagogy as a form of ongoing education can offer emancipatory critiques of schools, educational policy, and institutional and organizational culture.