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Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development Options for an Uncertain World
144 Pages
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Routledge
144 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This special issue of the journal Environmental Education Research addresses a topical area of importance - human behaviour towards the environment. The book explores the economic metaphor of 'natural capital' in this context arguing that the currently dominant model of sustainable development, underpinned by a particular understanding of this metaphor, is impeding progress towards genuine... Read more
Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Learning, natural capital and sustainable development: exploring the connections, John Foster, Stephen Gough; Chapter 2 Uncertainty, environmental policy and social learning, Robin Grove-White; Chapter 3 Making sense of stewardship: metaphorical thinking and the environment, John Foster; Chapter 4 What does ‘natural capital’ do? The role of metaphor in economic understanding of the environment, Maria Åkerman; Chapter 5 Environmental learning, metaphors and natural capital, Derek R. Bell; Chapter 6 Education for Sustainable Development, natural capital and sustainability: Learning to Last, John Blewitt; Chapter 7 Natural capital: hard economics, soft metaphor?, Adrian Winnett; Chapter 8 Rethinking the natural capital metaphor: implications for education and learning, Stephen Gough; Chapter 9 Options, sustainability policy and the spontaneous order, John Foster;
Biography
John Foster is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Lancaster.,
Stephen Gough is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Research in Education and the Environment at the University of Bath.
