1st Edition

Environmental Education in Indonesia Creating Responsible Citizens in the Global South?

By Lyn Parker, Kelsie Prabawa-Sear Copyright 2020
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Indonesia’s wealth of natural resources is being exploited at breakneck speed, and environmental awareness and knowledge among the populace is limited. This book examines how young people learn about the environment to see how education can help to develop environmental awareness and avert vast environmental destruction, not only in Indonesia, but also in the Global South more generally.... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Theorising Responsible Environmental Citizenship  3.  Introducing Environmental Education  4.  Introducing Indonesia  5.  Education in Indonesia  6.  Religious Environmental Education?  7. Is Anyone Responsible for the Environment in Yogyakarta?  8. Hollow Environmental Education in Yogyakarta  9. A Coordinated Approach to Environmental Education in Surabaya  10. Environmentality in Surabaya?  11. Young People as Environmental Subjects? Identity, Behaviour and Responsibility  12. Conclusion, and A Way Forward  Index



 

Biography

Lyn Parker is Professor of Asian Studies in the School of Social Sciences at The University of Western Australia. She is the author/editor of numerous titles, including Adolescents in Contemporary Indonesia (with Pam Nilan, Routledge, 2013), Contestations over Gender in Asia (with Laura Dales, Routledge, 2015) and Women and Work in Indonesia (with Michele Ford, Routledge 2008).





Kelsie Prabawa-Sear has recently completed her PhD in Anthropology & Asian Studies in the School of Social Sciences at The University of Western Australia. Her research was on environmental education in Indonesia and, in particular, in schools in Java. She is now working as Manager of Environmental Education at Perth Zoo.