Description
Book SynopsisDespite urgent calls for global action, sustainable social work practice, and a solid green theoretical knowledge base, North American social work and helping professions have been slow to learn from community activists, acknowledge the international climate emergency, and act collectively to achieve climate justice.
Greening Social Work Education examines how social work educators can best incorporate sustainability content into social work curricula, integrate green teaching methods, and mobilize students and colleagues towards climate action, justice, and leadership. Drawing on Canadian content, this collection highlights Indigenous, eco-feminist, collective-action, and multi-interdisciplinary approaches to social work. The book provides a rationale for why the topic of greening is important for social work and the helping professions; discussion of current debates, tensions, and issues; useful ideas related to innovative interdisciplinary theoretical approaches,
Table of Contents
Preface Susan Hillock Introduction Susan Hillock Part 1: Centring Indigenous Approaches and Celebrating Multi/Interdisciplinarity Susan Hillock 1. Indigenous Sovereignty Is Climate Action: Centring Indigenous Lands and Jurisdiction in Social Work Education towards Climate Justice Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara and Chris Hiller 2. Nature for Whom? Justice in Environmental Education Stephen Hill, Stephanie Rutherford, and James Wilkes 3. The Challenges of Re-orienting Pre-service Teacher Education for Sustainability Paul Elliott 4. An Invitation to the Learning Garden: Green Lessons from a School of Education Kelly Young and Karleen Pendleton Jiménez Part 2: Key Environmental Issues: What Every Social Worker Should Know Susan Hillock 5. Social Ecology, Hierarchy, and Social Action: Opportunities for Eco-Social Work Education Robert A. Case 6. Nutritional Social Work: An Avenue for Teaching in Social Work Education about Sustainability and the Climate Emergency Arielle Dylan, Jenni Cammaert, and Lea Tufford 7. The War-Climate Nexus: Educating Future Social Workers about the Global Adversities Related to War, Climate Change, and Environmental Degradation Bree Akesson 8. Finding a Place for Animals in Green Social Work Education and Practice Jasmine Tiffany Ferreira, Atsuko Matsuoka, and John Sorenson Part 3: Greening Social Work Education: Practical Application Susan Hillock 9. Towards a Radical Ecological Grounding in Social Work Education James P. Mulvale 10. Reimagining Environmental-Ecological Social Work in Québec Sue-Ann MacDonald and Jeanne Dagenais-Lespérance 11. Greening Social Work Education: Teaching Environmental Rights in Community Practice David Androff 12. The Red-Green Manifesto for Greening Social Work Education Susan Hillock Appendix A: Greening Social Work Education Resources Contributors
