Rethinking Education for Sustainable Development - by Radhika Iyengar & Ozge Karadag Caman

Book Synopsis

This book explores how education can be used as a tool to promote sustainability practices as the world faces huge challenges related to climate change and public health. The chapters consider all types of literacy approaches that fall under the umbrella of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). These approaches include scientific literacy, ecological literacy, health literacy, education on climate change and climate resilience, environmental education and others linking education, global health, and the environment more broadly. "Education" is used in the widest sense to incorporate non-formal, informal and formal/school settings. This volume will help to bring these interconnected areas together and interrogate their research methods, assumptions, field-based application and their policy potential. Taking a critical approach to ESD, the book suggests new pedagogies, tools, and technologies to strengthen the way we educate about sustainability issues and go beyond the current thinking about ESD. The book includes a foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, USA.

Review Quotes

"This overarching goal of meaningfully invoking an intersectoral approach to studying Education for Sustainable Development permeates this volume from beginning to end! The diverse collective of authors across the field make this a must-read for practitioners, researchers and policymakers who aim to make meaningful steps forward in ESD work!" --Matthew A Witenstein, Assistant Professor, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, US

"[T]his book is not only inspiring but also helpful to leaders making bold decisions for the future. This book is recommended reading for those who seek to be inspired by the transformative potential of education and are ready to build confidence in global collaborative agency for a sustainable future." --Anna Mogren, Karlstad University, Sweden, International Review of Education

About the Author

Radhika Iyengar is Research Scholar in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA.

Ozge Karadag Caman is Research Scholar in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA.