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9780520265394

The Failure of Environmental Education and How We Can Fix It

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520265394

  • ISBN10:

    0520265394

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-05-25
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

At a time when wild places everywhere are vanishing before our eyes, Charles Saylan and Daniel T. Blumstein offer this passionate indictment of environmental education--along with a new vision for the future. Writing for general readers and educators alike, Saylan and Blumstein boldly argue that education today has failed to reach its potential in fighting climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. In this forward-looking book, they assess the current political climate, including the No Child Left Behind Act, a disaster for environmental education, and discuss how education can stimulate action--including decreasing consumption and demand, developing sustainable food and energy sources, and addressing poverty. Their multidisciplinary perspective encompasses such approaches as school gardens, using school buildings as teaching tools, and the greening of schoolyards. Arguing for a paradigm shift in the way we view education as a whole,The Failure of Environmental Educationdemonstrates how our education system can create new levels of awareness and work toward a sustainable future.

Author Biography

Charles Saylan is Executive Director of the Ocean Conservation Society. Daniel T. Blumstein is Professor and Chair in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles. His Previous books include A Primer of conservation Behavior.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
The Problem(s)p. 1
Foundationsp. 21
What Went Wrongp. 38
Accountability and Institutional Mind-Setp. 57
The Needs of Environmentally Active Citizensp. 72
Between Awareness and Actionp. 95
A Political Primerp. 116
Consumption, Conservation, and Changep. 135
An Evolving Metricp. 158
And How We Can Fix Itp. 173
Appendix: Greening Schools for Alternative Educationp. 199
Notesp. 203
Selected Bibliographyp. 219
Acknowledgmentsp. 225
Indexp. 229
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