Building Sustainability Through Environmental Education

Global climate change will alter the environmental forces of today and increasingly affect weather patterns, rises in temperature, and government policies for decades to come. To provide future generations with the knowledge and resources needed to develop solutions for these ongoing issues, current shortcomings in environmental education need to be addressed. Building Sustainability Through Environmental Education is a collection of innovative research on methods and applications for creating comprehensive environmental education programs that support sustainability practices and instruct students on a variety of topics including water resource management, disaster risks and mitigation, and issues surrounding climate change. Targeting an audience of educators, conservationists, instructional designers, administrators, academicians, researchers, policymakers, and students, this publication provides practical applications and examples of integrating best environmental sustainability practices into education.

Summary

Presents a collection of innovative research on methods and applications for creating comprehensive environmental education programs that support sustainability practices and instruct students on a variety of topics, including water resource management, disaster risks and mitigation, and issues surrounding climate change.

Product details

• Assisted by: Carolyn N. Stevenson (Editor), Lynn A. Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Engineering Science Reference
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781522577270
• ISBN: 978-1-5225-7727-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 260 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 886 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works