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Author Clarke, Paul, 1961- author.

Title Education for sustainability : becoming naturally smart / Paul Clarke
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 137 pages) : illustrations
Contents Exploration one : rethinking our relationship with the environment -- Exploration two : is education fit for purpose if the purpose is sustainable living? -- Exploration three : how can community help schools to live with uncertainty? -- Exploration four : open source living : when sustainability is the way of life -- Exploration five : can we create schools of sustainability? -- Exploration six: the urban fix : sustainable cities, sustainable minds -- Exploration seven : our great work : education for sustainability
Summary In this book, Paul Clarke argues that in order to live sustainably we need to learn how to live and flourish in our environment in a manner that uses finite resources with ecologically informed discretion. Education is perfectly placed to create the conditions for innovative and imaginative solutions and to provide the formulas that ensure that everyone becomes naturally smart; but to achieve this, we need to recognise that an education that is not grounded in a full understanding of our relationship with the natural world is no education at all. In other words, a total transformation of schoo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Deutschland Bundesrepublik Grenzschutzkommando Mitte Schule gnd
Subject Environmental education.
Environmental ethics -- Study and teaching
Environmentalism.
Public schools.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
Environmental education
Environmental ethics -- Study and teaching
Environmentalism
Public schools
Umwelterziehung
Schule
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011029344
ISBN 9780203136621
0203136624
9781136487682
1136487689
9781136487675
1136487670