1st Edition
World Review Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals
The global landscape of education has been reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing the various challenges faced by countries worldwide. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) across different countries, offering unique insights into their histories, challenges, achievements, and future ESE needs. From Africa to Oceania, the book delves into the vital role of ESE in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights the diverse national discourses and the flexibility required to deliver effective global education programs. ESE practitioners, researchers, and policymakers worldwide will find inspiration and invaluable perspectives in this book.
Preface
Introduction
AFRICA
Education for Sustainable Development in Kenya
Halimu Shauri, Maarifa Mwakumanya and Sellah Lusweti
A Review of the Staging and Enactment of Environment and Sustainability Education in South Africa: An Illustrative Case Study
Rob O’Donoghue and Eureta Rosenberg
Trends and Challenges in Environmental and Sustainability Education in Uganda
James Musana and Ronald Bisaso
ASIA
The Status of Environmental and Sustainability Education in India
Sudeshna Lahiri
The Contours of Education for Sustainable Development in Japan
Yoko Mochizuki
EUROPE
Environmental and Sustainability Education in Austria
Franz Rauch, Christiana Glettler, Regina Steiner and Mira Dulle
Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Czech Republic: Between Theory and Practice
Jan Činčera
Education for Sustainable Development in Germany
Marco Rieckmann and Mandy Singer-Brodowski
Swedish Approaches to and Engagement with ESD in Education Policy and Formal Education During the Global Action Programme on ESD
Stefan Bengtsson and Paul Plummer
The Case(s) of Environmental and Sustainability Education in the United Kingdom
Alun Morgan and Paul Warwick
LATIN AMERICA
Brazilian Environmental and Environmental Education Policies in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals
Luiz Marcelo de Carvalho and Marcelo Gules Borges
Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development in Chile: An Exploratory Study
Karl Böhmer M., Loreto Aceitón and Viviana Contreras
Environmental and Sustainability Education in Ecuador in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals
Patricia M. Aguirre, Freddy Villota González and Silvia Mera Pincay
Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Trajectory and Challenges in Mexico
Rosalba Thomas Muñoz, Helio García-Campos and Teresita Maldonado Salazar
NORTH AMERICA
The State of Environmental and Sustainability Education in Canada: A Review of Past, Current, and Future Directions
Kristen Hargis, Marcia McKenzie and Nicola Chopin
Pathways to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Environmental and Sustainability Education in the USA
Michaela Zint, Jessica Ostrow Michel, Sarah R. Collins, Emma C. Sloan, Maite Elizondo Piñeiro, Lauren Balotin, Veronica Correa, María Isabel Dabrowski, Bita Davoodi, Joseph Dierdorf, Daniela Fernández Méndez Jiménez, Jessica Miller, Isabel Nakisher, Connor Roessler, Paige Schurr, Peter Siciliano and Joshua Thompson
OCEANIA
Environmental and Sustainability Education in Australia
Annette Gough, Alan Reid and Robert B. Stevenson
Environmental and Sustainability Education in Aotearoa New Zealand in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals
Kerry Shephard, Sally Birdsall, Chris Eames and Jenny Ritchie
Concluding Thoughts on the Global Delivery of Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals
Rosalba Thomas Muñoz and Marco Rieckmann
Biography
Marco Rieckmann, Prof. Dr., is Professor of Higher Education Development at the Department of Education, University of Vechta, Germany. Additionally, he holds the position of the Presidential Advisor on Sustainability at the same institution. His expertise encompasses areas such as education for sustainable development, global learning, and the development of sustainable universities. Furthermore, he is prominently known as the lead author of UNESCO's publication 'Education for Sustainable Development Goals' (2017) and is a member of the editorial board of the journal 'Sustainability Science'.
Rosalba Thomas Muñoz, PhD, serves as the coordinator of the Education and Research Department at the Environmental Management Center of the University of Colima, Mexico. She is a professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Colima and holds memberships in the National Academy of Environmental Education and the ESD-Expert Net Global Network, co-partner of UNESCO and the German Government. She is part of the National System of Researchers of Mexico, and she is actively engaged with the discourse on sustainability and environmental education for life.
