Have the Cake and Eat It: Ecojustice Versus Development? Is it Possible to Reconcile Social and Economic Equity, Ecological Sustainability, and Human Development? Some Implications for Ecojustice Education

Jucker, Rolf

doi:10.1207/s15326993es3601_3

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“…While reducing market-reliance for all should be the goal, given the luxuries of living with excess-if reducing market-reliance is accepted-it is more likely that a trend for reduced consumerism will be initiated by those who are able. Jucker (2004) asserts that people living in economically marginalized countries do not have the ''difficult task of kicking the overconsumption habit' ' (p. 19). He argues that the rich elites and people living in the Euro-Western world need to lower their standards of living so that the world's people can share the natural resources of the Earth.…”

Section: Marginalizing the Impoverished And The Family?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Educational Reflections on the “Ecological Crisis”: EcoJustice, Environmentalism, and Sustainability

Mueller

2008

Sci & Educ

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There is a tendency by scholars arguing for a more just and sustainable future to position the ''ecological crisis'' as a fundamental reason for major educational reforms. Relying on crisis-talk to fuel social and environmental justice and environmentalism reinforces the thinking of the past, which inadvertently perpetuates the acceptance of present cultural attitudes which frame our relationships with others and the natural world. To evaluate previous cultural thinking and associated traditions of Euro-West society, Chet Bowers asserts that we ought to analyze how assumptions are carried forward as metaphors, which are associated with attitudes towards science, technology, and nature. This pedagogy is called ecojustice education and serves to conserve and sustain cultural diversity and the biodiversity of Earth's ecosystems, which are threatened and vulnerable. But, also carried forward in the language of ecojustice philosophy (and other ecological works) is a presumption that feeds into scientifically proving that a crisis exists, which is associated with organizing schools around an implicit shock doctrine of fear and urgency. This paper explores these assumptions and others associated with a supposition of ecological crisis. The ecological crisis has the potential to marginalize many diverse people who are needed during these times of increasing ecological awareness and uncertainties. Situating education (and the world) in the frenzy associated with crisis, versus the assertion that schools should increase awareness around the belief that a more sustainable lifestyle is beneficial for the individual, the community and the environment is a worthwhile debate and is rich with respect to research opportunities in education.

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Section: Marginalizing the Impoverished And The Family?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Educational Reflections on the “Ecological Crisis”: EcoJustice, Environmentalism, and Sustainability

Mueller

2008

Sci & Educ

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“…environmental education, education for sustainable development, ecopedagogies) are a contested terrain (Gadotti, 2008a;Jucker, 2004;Kopnina, 2011;Misiaszek, 2015b). This paper will focus on critical theories-based environmental pedagogies, including ecopedagogy, due to the fact that our research participants identified critical pedagogies as a core aspect of their ideal pedagogical models (Misiaszek, 2015b(Misiaszek, , in revisions (2016).…”

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Global Citizenship Education and Ecopedagogy at the Intersections : Asian Perspectives in Comparison

Misiaszek¹,

Misiaszek²

2016

aje

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This article provides a preliminary comparative analysis of environmental pedagogies in the context of widening spheres of citizenship due to intensifying globalization, with a particular focus on the East Asian context. In it, the authors specifically focus on Global Citizenship Education models and critical, Freirean-based ecopedagogies. The article includes analysis of research with expert scholars of citizenship and/or environmental pedagogies from six continents that focused on the intersectionalities between these two pedagogies and the effects of globalization on this work. The authors further explore the ways self-identified East Asian participants perceive differences in conceptualizations of citizenship between East Asia and the "West."

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“…This definition (which is really a definition of sustainable development, not sustainability) exhibits an enduring tension between sustaining and developing that continues to challenge environmental and sustainability education work. This is the paradox of having one's cake and eating it too (Jucker 2004). '''Sustainability' implies lack of change, 'development' implies change.…”

Section: Sustainabilities and Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Out of sight, out of mind: global connection, environmental discourse and the emerging field of sustainability education

Henderson

2015

Cult Stud of Sci Educ

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How might we understand the complex nature of our existence in the world, and what are the implications of such examination? Moreover, how might we go about engaging others in this practice and what are the complications of such an endeavor? Expanding on Quigley, Dogbey, Che and Hallo's findings, I consider the implications of human-environment connections and examine the difficulty of articulating such connections via photovoice methods in particular places. Further, I use a Foucauldian discourse lens to situate this connective process to larger political and social dynamics at work in their paper, and in environmental education in general. Implications for sustainability and sustainability education are then developed, along with suggestions for future research in this emerging field.Keywords Sustainability Á Environmental education Á Photovoice Á Environmentality Á Ecology If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.-Zen Proverb I write these words perched above the University of Rochester's academic quad. Sitting near the top floor of a library named after a famous philosopher, I look west toward the Greater Rochester International Airport as commuter planes arrive and depart. This is

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Have the Cake and Eat It: Ecojustice Versus Development? Is it Possible to Reconcile Social and Economic Equity, Ecological Sustainability, and Human Development? Some Implications for Ecojustice Education

Cited by 19 publications

References 7 publications

Educational Reflections on the “Ecological Crisis”: EcoJustice, Environmentalism, and Sustainability

Educational Reflections on the “Ecological Crisis”: EcoJustice, Environmentalism, and Sustainability

Global Citizenship Education and Ecopedagogy at the Intersections : Asian Perspectives in Comparison

Out of sight, out of mind: global connection, environmental discourse and the emerging field of sustainability education

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