Educating for a Culture of Social and Ecological Peace

Description

Acknowledging the dual notions of danger and opportunity that present themselves in contemporary social and ecological crises, this book explores how both peace and environmental education can transform the way we think and what we value. The book outlines the link between social violence and ecological degradation and the need to educate for the purpose of achieving social and ecological peace. Specialists in peace and environmental education offer a holistic and integrated approach on educating about these problems and challenges. They also provide educational strategies, such as curricular frameworks and pedagogical innovations appropriate for both formal and informal settings, and case studies and examples that illustrate their application.

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Introduction: Integrating Education for Social and Ecological Peace—The Educational Context
Anita L. Wenden

1. Ecological Security: New Challenges for Human Learning
Patricia M. Mische

2 Contextual Sustainability Education: Towards an Integrated Educational Framework for Social and Ecological Peace
Frans C. Verhagen

3. An Integral Model of Peace Education
Abelardo Brenes-Castro

4. Environmental Education: A Contribution to the Emergence of a Culture of Peace
Lucie Sauvé and Isabel Orellana

5. Learning on the Edge: Exploring the Change Potential of Conflict in Social Learning for Sustainable Living
Arjen E. J. Wals and Fanny Heymann

6. Value-Based Perspective Development
Anita L. Wenden

7. Environmental Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding: Integrating Education for Ecological Balance and a Sustainable Peace
Ian Harris and Patricia M. Mische

8. The Earth Charter as an Integrative Force for Peace Education and Environmental Education
Peter Blaze Corcoran

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Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791484647
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Educating Culture for a Social of Ecological and Peace Anita L. Wenden, Editor

EDUCATING FOR A CULTURE OF SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL PEACE

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EDUCATING FOR A CULTURE OF SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL PEACE

Edited by Anita L. Wenden

State University of New York Press

Published by State Universit y of New York Press, Albany

© 2004 State Universit y of New York

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Educating for a cult ure of social and ecological peace / Anita L. Wenden, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6173-4 — ISBN 0-7914-6174-2 (pbk.) 1. Human ecology—St udy and teaching. 2. Peace—St udy and teaching. 3. Peace-building—St udy and teaching. 4. Environmental education. 5. Sustainable development. 6. Peaceful change (International relations) 7. Peace Education International. I. Wenden, Anita.

GF26.E37 2004 304.2’071—dc22

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Integrating Education for Social and Ecological Peace— The Educational Context Anita L. Wenden

Ecological Securit y: New Challenges for Human Learning Patricia M. Mische

Context ual Sustainabilit y Education: Towards an Integrated Educational Framework for Social and Ecological Peace Frans C. Verhagen

An Integral Model of Peace Education Abelardo Brenes-Castro

Environmental Education: A Contribution to the Emergence of a Cult ure of Peace Lucie Sauvé and Isabel Orellana

Learning on the Edge: Exploring the Change Potential of Conf lict in Social Learning for Sustainable Living Arjen E. J. Wals and Fanny Heymann

Value-Based Perspective Development Anita L. Wenden

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Environmental Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding: Integrating Education for Ecological Balance and a Sustainable Peace Ian Harris and Patricia M. Mische

The Earth Charter as an Integrative Force for Peace Education and Environmental Education Peter Blaze Corcoran

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Context ual Sustainabilit y Education (CSE)

Fundamental Values and Traits of theIntegral Model of Peace Education Panel of “The Sun Illuminates Us All Equally” Panel of “Hands Working Together” Panel of “Hand Holding School”

The Three Interrelated Spheres of Personal and Social Development Major Trends in Environmental Education and Peace Education: A Convergence A Concept ual Schema for the Learning Communit y Strategy Environmental-Education Perspectives in the Learning-Communit y Context

Creating a Sustainable Communit y in The Netherlands Sustainabilit y and Citizen Involvement Continuous Framing and Reframing towards Sustainabilit y (ies)

Definitions of a Perspective Documents which Include Values as Content in Environmental Education Questions for Analyzing Social and Ecological Problems

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Introduction

Integrating Education for Social and Ecological Peace— The Educational Context

Anita L. Wenden

. . . I want to point out to you my personal view of this NATO war against my countr y. The Balkans, and especially Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo have been known till now as a safe part of Europe, [free] from different kinds of ecological pollution, and their economical fut ure has been designed as pro- ducers of healthy food and different kinds of tourism. The bombing of NATO has not only destroyed any possibilit y for such development in the fu- t ure but has also endangered the survival of the whole population. The dan- gerous chemical reactions and explosions caused by the bombing of oil production installations has poured hundreds and thousands of tons of oil in the rivers and fields and completely destroyed some chemical factories which produced exclusively for civilian needs (e.g. “Azotara” Pancevo, pro- ducer of fertilizer for agricult ure). This is only one example of the pollution the war has caused in the region. Here we also have to include the contami- nation of our fields and rivers and forest by the millions of tons of explosives of different kinds, mostly with dangerous radiation which bring a great risk for health not only for the present, but for many fut ure generations. There is data from some obstetrical clinics that the number of premat ure births is six 1 times the level of the pre-war state. . . .

The above account details the environmental degradation caused by the NATO bombing of Serbia, a consequence of war. The bombing leaves in its wake not only human casualties, but also a degraded Earth. Moreover, the various kinds of pollution caused by the bombing will negatively affect the economy of the countr y, its food supply, the health and longevit y of its citizens both in the present and in the fut ure. This link bet ween human actions that result not only

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