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Book SynopsisListen to the podcast! The world is on a track to true climate catastrophe, with unprecedented heat, floods, wildfires, and storms setting new records almost weekly. To avoid a climate disaster, we need rapid, transformative, and sustained action as well as a major shift in our thinking—a shift strong enough to make the climate crisis a center of our social, political, economic, personal, and educational life. Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action is one of the best scorecards in comparative education for keeping track of this drama as it unfolds, shedding light on the global climate crisis like no other education writing today. This book turns to our curricula, our education systems, and our communities for a response on how to effectively achieve Target 4.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Universal Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and Global Citizenship Education (GCED). The message from key stakeholders, including students, educators, and leaders of civil society, is driven home with passion and uncommon clarity: We can and must stave off the worst of climate change by building climate action into the world’s pandemic recovery.
Table of ContentsForeword: Towards a Sustainable Future: Integrating Climate Change into Curriculum Yao Ydo Foreword: Climate Action: Transformative Change to Build Forward Better Jeffrey D. Sachs Notes on the Contributors Introduction: From Roadblocks to a Roadmap: Transformative Education Pathways to Radical Change in the Midst of Climate Breakdown Christina Kwauk and Radhika Iyengar PART 1: Toward Education for Climate Action as the Priority 1 A Student Reflects on Her US Environmental Education Alyssa Dougherty 2 Implementing a School-Wide Ban on Single-Use Plastic Cutlery in a New Jersey Elementary School: A Case Study on the Scope and Limitations of the Role of School Leadership in Incorporating Sustainable Development Practices into a School Agenda Nidhi Thakur 3 A Whole Institution Approach to Climate Change Education: Preparing School Systems to Be Climate Proactive Kristen Hargis, Marcia McKenzie, and Isabelle LeVert-Chiasson 4 Radical Transformation of Universities to Prepare the Next Generation of Climate Champions Irena F. Creed, Meghna Ramaswamy, Matthew Wolsfeld, Stryker Calvez, Murray Fulton, Karsten Liber, Darcy Marciniuk, Jacqueline Ottman, Nancy Turner, Laura Zink, Erin Akins, Kevin Hudson, Jamie Bell, Autumn LaRose-Smith, and Jory McKay PART 2: Toward a More Radical Vision of Education for Climate Action 5 UNESCO’s Framework “ESD for 2030”: An Ambitious New Initiative for Massive Transformation Alexander Leicht and Won Jung Byun 6 Climate Change as Quality Education: Global Citizenship Education as a Pathway to Meaningful Change Ricardo Roemhild and William Gaudelli 7 The Elephant in the Room: Why Transformative Education Must Address the Problem of Endless Exponential Economic Growth Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh 8 Learning to Recycle Isn’t Enough: Youth-Led Climate Activism and Climate Change Education in the UK Richa Sharma PART 3: Toward (E)quality in Education for Climate Action 9 Toward a Transdisciplinary, Justice-Centered Pedagogy of Climate Change Vandana Singh 10 A Call for Transformative Learning in Southern Africa: Using Ubuntu Pedagogy to Inspire Sustainability Thinking and Climate Action Yovita N. Gwekwerere and Overson Shumba 11 Ecology-Based Curriculum Design for Transformative Times: An Integrated, Context-Responsive Approach Elisa A. Hartwig 12 Eco-Conscious Community Development in Non-Formal Education Tara Stafford Ocansey and Emmanuel Nuetey Siakwa PART 4: Toward Greater Accountability in Education for Climate Action 13 Perspectives from a Young Voice on Making Schools and Individuals Agents of Change Kiana Carlisle 14 The “Ecosystem” of Education, Engagement, and Environmental Action in Higher Education Isabelle Seckler 15 A Path to a Green Future Ishaan Bharadwaj PART 5: Toward Empowering Teachers as Agents of Climate Action 16 ESD in Malaysia: Challenges and Strategies Pravindharan Balakrishnan 17 Educators’ Perspectives on Environmental Education in India: A Case Study in School and Informal Education Settings Haein Shin and Srinivas Akula 18 Toward Education for Sustainable Development: Lessons from Asia and the Americas Estefanía Pihen González 19 Empowerment, Resilience, and Stewardship as Learning Outcomes: Recalibrating Education to Nurture a New Generation of Climate Activists William Bertolotti PART 6: Conclusion 20 Roadmap to Transformative Change and the Achievement of SDG 4.7 Radhika Iyengar and Christina Kwauk Index
