03507nam 22006375 450 991114036280332120251117065649.09786613277831978128327783912832778329780520948723052094872610.1525/9780520948723(CKB)2670000000083712(EBL)692425(OCoLC)726734846(SSID)ssj0000522514(PQKBManifestationID)11381424(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522514(PQKBWorkID)10527835(PQKB)11158542(DE-B1597)520668(OCoLC)727949870(DE-B1597)9780520948723(MiAaPQ)EBC692425(Perlego)551798(EXLCZ)99267000000008371220200424h20112011 fg 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It) /Charles Saylan, Daniel Blumstein1st ed.Berkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2011]©20111 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780520265387 0520265386 Front matter --Contents --Preface --1. The Problem(s) --2. Foundations --3. What Went Wrong --4. Accountability and Institutional Mind-Set --5. The Needs of Environmentally Active Citizens --6. Between Awareness and Action --7. A Political Primer --8. Consumption, Conservation, and Change --9. An Evolving Metric --10. And How We Can Fix It --Appendix: Greening Schools for Alternative Education --Notes --Selected Bibliography --Acknowledgments --IndexAt 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 Education demonstrates how our education system can create new levels of awareness and work toward a sustainable future.Environmental educationEnvironmental educationPublic opinionEnvironmental education.Environmental educationPublic opinion.333.7071AR 14600rvkSaylan Charlesauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBlumstein Danielauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9911140362803321UNINA