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The commitment to participate in ecological protection has grown considerably and, in the academic world, it has been tackled primarily by the Social Sciences. The Humanities has followed suit and several books have dealt with the reasons why such commitment is essential and morally imperative. What has been crucially lacking, however, are books that propose concrete pedagogical approaches to the study of environmental issues and aim at inspiring and motivating both educators and students to become actively engaged in the pursuit of ecological preservation.
It is here that this book comes into play. Faced with the polluting of the earth, the devastating effect of climate change, and the inequalities of North/South resources to counter the throes of environmental degradation, our responsibility as educators and in particular as eco-pedagogues is to engage in theoretical discourses on the subject matter but also to begin to provide practitioners in all fields with essential tools to shape an ecological sense of consciousness among future leaders of the earth: our students.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Knowing Our Place. Teaching World Literature and Environmental Issues
Monika Giacoppe
Chapter 2. The Language of Italian Food and the Flavors of Sustainability: Think Globally,
Act Locally
Simona Muratore
Chapter 3. Communication, Culture and Cuisine: Teaching Sustainability through Food in an Undergraduate Language Curriculum
Gisela Hoecherl-Alden and Jennifer Peterson
Chapter 4. Weaving Gender and the Environment in a Team-taught Ecofeminism Course
Laura Davis and Elizabeth Giddens
Chapter 5. The Germination of Ecological Literacy in a Third World Nation
Rina Garcia Chua
Chapter 6. Using Active and Applied Pedagogies to Develop Sustainably Minded Citizens in Geography
Vanessa Slinger-Friedman
Chapter 7. Walking, We Ask Questions: Experiential Learning and Environmental Humanities
Christina Gerhardt
About the author
Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson is associate professor of French and francophone literatures at Kennesaw State University.Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson is associate professor of French and francophone literatures at Kennesaw State University.
Summary
The book provides innovative pedagogical approaches and instructional tools for educators to inspire, motivate, and lead students to take active steps toward environmental respect, sustainability, and preservation.
