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Enhancing Environmental Education Through Nature-Based Solutions

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Editors:
  1. Clara Vasconcelos

    1. Faculty of Science, CIMAR, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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  2. Cristina S. C. Calheiros

    1. CIMAR, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal

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  • Presents mixed focus of Nature-based solutions with Environmental Education
  • Contains a internationally diverse authors giving a global and contextualized perspective of the topic
  • Includes technical and educational content, aiming towards the need to disseminate environmental education

Part of the book series: Integrated Science (IS, volume 4)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Enhancing Environmental Education Through Nature-Based Solutions: An Introduction

    • Clara Vasconcelos, Cristina S. C. Calheiros
    Pages 1-6

  3. About Environmental Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Training and Dissemination About the Environment: Keys to Impulse the Abiotic Component of Environmental Education

      • Amelia Calonge, Eugenio Molina-Navarro, Pedro Alfaro
      Pages 9-23

    3. Educating to Deliver Environmentally Focused Social Innovation

      • Richard Hazenberg
      Pages 25-37

    4. Environmental Education for Sustainable Development: Working for Fundamental Rights

      • Maria Luísa Vasconcelos, Clara Vasconcelos
      Pages 39-52

    5. Nature as a Teaching Resource and the Nature of Learning

      • Nir Orion
      Pages 53-60

  4. Environmental Education and its Teaching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. The Importance of Nature-Based Solutions to Enhance Cabo Verde’s Environment

      • Jorge L. B. Neves, Vanézia Rocha, Diara Kady Rocha
      Pages 63-81

    3. Development of Scientific Literacy and the Impact of Environmental Attitudes of Citizens in a Geological Natural Space

      • Dulce Lima, Fernando Noronha, Alexandre Lima
      Pages 83-101

    4. A Problem-Based Learning Approach to Environmental Education Through a Field Trip and a Science Centre Visit

      • Manuella Villar Amado
      Pages 103-120

    5. Living Labs in Higher Education: Sustainable Buildings Technologies

      • Carlos Afonso Teixeira, Anabela Paiva, Isabel Bentes, Jorge Pinto
      Pages 121-132

    6. What is Latin America Doing Regarding the Research and Teaching of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) to Boost Environmental Education?

      • José Contreras, Ana María Leiva, Yenifer González, Gladys Vidal
      Pages 133-151

    7. Lessons Learned from Introducing Aquaponics to Higher Education Curricula

      • Sarah Milliken, Andrej Ovca, Morris Villarroel, Florentina Gartmann, Nadine Antenen, Tjaša Griessler Bulc et al.
      Pages 153-181

    8. Recommendations for Promoting Environmental Education Through Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Perspective at Turkish Higher Education Institutes

      • Hasan Volkan Oral
      Pages 183-198

  5. Environmental Education and Social Engagement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Bees and Society: Native Biodiversity as a Strategy for Environmental Education Based on the Processes of Nature

      • Rosely Imbernon, Fabiana Pioker-Hara, Tiago Francoy, Gustavo Alexandre, Guilherme Lopes, Elen Faht et al.
      Pages 201-220

    3. A Natural Park Visitors’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours About Sustainable Development

      • Clara Vasconcelos, Telma Cruz, Tiago Ribeiro
      Pages 221-230

    4. Start Park Project: Co-designing Green-Blue Infrastructures to Build Resilient Communities to Climate Change

      • M. Berni, A. Rizzo, A. Menin, L. Bittini, E. Pacchierotti, R. Duina et al.
      Pages 231-247

    5. Societal Embedding in Geoparks: A Case Study in Portugal

      • Estefânia Cruz Lopes, Paulo Trincão, Clara Vasconcelos
      Pages 249-268
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About this book

This Book presents innovative and state of the art studies developed in Environmental Education in different countries to highlight this theme and promote its implementation all over the world. It will give a scientific perspective of Nature-based solutions to promote environmental education in all citizens and a more educational perspective as to how this approach can be implemented at schools and universities. Not less important is that includes science communication as a key factor for training and disseminating about the environment. The invited authors are recognized experts with excellent work developed in Environmental Education.This contributed volume presents innovative and creative work in the area giving a step forward in the implementation of Environmental Education, namely as a target of 2020 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. The invitation of authors from many different countries allows the creation of a network and subsequently the book will bring concrete ideas as to how to develop operational capacities to bring added values to Environmental Education at an international level.


Reviews

“This book succeeds in synthesising diverse information from various perspectives. The principles, regulations and practices of a more sustainable environment are encouraged in this book and can support changes in both individual and societal behavior. … The presentation of data and various case studies in this book can serve as a basis for education policy-makers in various countries in perfecting and synchronising Environmental Education practices and NbS to address various challenges of natural change and sustainability issues.” (Ahbi Mahdianing Rum, Amsal Alhayat and Alfin Anwar, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, September 1, 2023)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Science, CIMAR, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Clara Vasconcelos

  • CIMAR, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Cristina S. C. Calheiros

About the editors

Clara Vasconcelos graduated in Geology and has PhD and habilitation in Science Education. She is Professor in the Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, and Portugal Co-Coordinator of International Association for Promoting Geoethics. She is also member of the Panel of Experts of Education of the European Federations of Geologist and Member of the International Union of Geological Sciences' Commission on Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer (IUGS-COGE). She is involved in science education, environmental education and sustainability development courses. Her research is documented by many publications on peer-reviewed international scientific journals, book chapters and as book editor.
Cristina Calheiros graduated in Environmental Engineering and has a PhD in Biotechnology. She is researcher at CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto (UP) and Invited Professor at University of Saint Joseph Macau SAR/China and Faculty of Sciences-UP. Also, she is the technical-scientific coordinator of the Centre for Monitoring and Environmental Interpretation (CMIA) Vila do Conde and Vice-President of the Portuguese National Association of Green Roofs (ANCV). Her activity focuses on water management and treatment solutions (e.g., green roofs and walls, constructed and floating wetlands), phytoremediation, circular economy, climate change adaptation and mitigation through nature-based solutions and education for sustainability. She is involved in environmental education, engineering and biotechnology courses, besides developing educational resources and pedagogic contents. Has been guest editor of several international indexed, peer-reviewed journals.




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