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Education for a Sustainable Future

A Paradigm of Hope for the 21st Century

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  1. Keith A. Wheeler

    1. Division of the Concord Consortium, The Center for a Sustainable Future, Shelburne, Vermont and Concord, USA

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  2. Anne Perraca Bijur

    1. Division of the Concord Consortium, The Center for a Sustainable Future, Shelburne, Vermont and Concord, USA

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Part of the book series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology (ISET, volume 7)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Keith Wheeler
    Pages 1-5

  4. Global Change Education

    • Lynn L. Mortensen
    Pages 15-34

  5. From Policy to Practice

    • Jack Byrne
    Pages 35-72

  8. Teacher Education for Sustainability

    • John Fien, Rupert Maclean
    Pages 91-111

  11. Exploring Sustainable Communities

    • Mary Paden
    Pages 143-154

  13. Transforming Public Education

    • Richard Benjamin, Susan Hanes
    Pages 161-198

  14. Learning Communities

    • Jean MacGregor
    Pages 199-214

  16. Understanding Sustainable Communities

    • Larry Peterson
    Pages 221-236

  18. Partnerships for Progress

    • Cynthia Georgeson
    Pages 247-252

  19. Security and Sustainability

    • Michael Schneider
    Pages 253-268

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 269-279
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About this book

WHY EDUCATE FOR SUSTAINABILlTY? Ask most people-especially young people-what the future looks like to them. They will paint for you a rosy picture of their individual lives, their future homes, their careers and sometimes even the lives of their children. Then they will paint for you a depleted, conflicted and weary picture of the planet as a whole. Do any of us note the incongruence? We are becoming increasingly aware that the very things we need, the things we adore most in this world are the very things we are undermining through our individual and collective behaviors. We can feel the disconnect between the conse­ quences of our actions and our values, but we do not necessarily understand it or know how to reconcile it. Living with behavior that feels, and in fact is, inconsistent with our values is a recipe for anguish. We have disconnected so drastically from our sense of place that ironically we poison our water, our air, and our food while at the same time we work hard to secure a healthy and meaningful future for ourselves and our children. This just doesn't make sense.
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  • Division of the Concord Consortium, The Center for a Sustainable Future, Shelburne, Vermont and Concord, USA

    Keith A. Wheeler, Anne Perraca Bijur

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