Leveraging Place for Critical Sustainability Education: The Promise of Participatory Action Research

A truly sustainable society is one where wider questions of social needs and welfare, and economic opportunity are integrally related to environmental limits imposed by supporting ecosystems.” (p.78) It is this line of thinking that yielded “just sustainability” (Bullard et al, 2003), defined as “th...

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Published in:Journal of sustainability education 2016-01
Main Authors: Cachelin, Adrienne, Rose, Jeff, Rumore, Danya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action research
Bioaccumulation
Ecology
Education
Environmental economics
Environmental education
Environmental impact
Environmental justice
Equity
Participatory research
Quality of life
Social values
Sociopolitical factors
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Values
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Summary:A truly sustainable society is one where wider questions of social needs and welfare, and economic opportunity are integrally related to environmental limits imposed by supporting ecosystems.” (p.78) It is this line of thinking that yielded “just sustainability” (Bullard et al, 2003), defined as “the need to ensure a better quality of life for all, now and into the future, in a just and equitable manner, whilst living within the limits of supporting ecosystems” (p. 5). Critical sustainability is based on the premise that economic forces and the accumulation-driven profit motive are often responsible for the degradation of people and planet, necessitating sociopolitical orientations that support interconnected notions of social and ecological justice (Rose and Cachelin, 2014). [...]the ideas of place and space are often engaged exactly because of the wide-ranging possibilities and variations they imply both metaphorically and conceptually. Empirical research has demonstrated that “different levels of intensity of place are influenced by individual and social values, but in turn they influence the values, attitudes, and more importantly, the behavior of the individual and society” (Shamai, 1991, p. 355).
ISSN:2151-7452