1st Edition
Sustainability Education for Children and Young People Educating for the Environmental Crisis
Foreword
Introduction
Nicola Watson and Elena Lengthorn
Part 1: The environmental crisis – why it matters to everyone
Nicola Watson
Chapter 1: What is the environmental crisis and why does it matter?
Antoinette Frearson and Janet Harvell
Part 2: Pedagogies of hope
Nicola Watson
Chapter 2: Eco-anxiety: a positive response
Alison Prowle and Lowri Prowle
Chapter 3: Climate migration and displacement: a children’s rights perspective
Alison Prowle and Janet Harvell
Chapter 4: Head, heart and hands: reimagining holistic education
Kathleen Bailey and Nicola Watson
Chapter 5: Engaging with uncertainty: a practical philosophical approach
Rebecca Webb and Perpetua Kirby
Chapter 6: Embedding sustainability in the Early Years curriculum: the Curiosity Approach and its foundations in the work of education pioneers
Samantha Sutton-Tsang and Dr Carla Solvason
Chapter 7: Sustainability and food: a social justice perspective
Nicola Watson and Janet Harvell
Chapter 8: Nature connectedness and the Common Third within the primary curriculum – exploring sustainability through a cross-curricular approach
Rosemarie Hill and Dan Hughes
Part 3: Leadership for positive change
Nicola Watson and Carla Solvason
Chapter 9: Mobilising campus communities for climate action: Student-led initiatives and collaborative approaches in universities worldwide.
Gareth Dart and Ella Partington
Chapter 10: Sustainability leadership: a praxis of hope
Shaun McInerney and Tamzin Ractliffe
Chapter 11: Leadership by adaptation: a collaborative approach
Antoinette Frearson, Morgan Phillips, Emma Laurence and Samuel Jackson
Chapter 12: Hope for the future: communities, children and young people as leaders
Janet Harvell and Vicky Whitworth
Conclusion
Nicola Watson and Carla Solvason
Biography
Nicola Watson has taught in the early years, primary and higher education sectors for over twenty years, and most recently at the University of Worcester.
Elena Lengthorn is a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Worcester, UK, where she leads the PGCE Geography programme and Education for Sustainable Futures Special Interest Group and Chairs the Sustainability Forum.
Carla Solvason is a Senior Lecturer in the Department for Children and Families, University of Worcester, UK, where she leads the Social Pedagogy Research Group.
Geoffrey Elliott is Professor of Post‑Compulsory Education at the University of Worcester, UK.
