To Know the World: A New Vision for Environmental Learning

By: Mitchell Thomashow

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Synopsis: Why we must rethink our residency on the planet to understand the connected challenges of tribalism, inequity, climate justice, and democracy.How can we respond to the current planetary ecological emergency? In To Know the World, Mitchell Thomashow proposes that we revitalize, revisit, and reinvigorate how we think about our residency on Earth. First, we must understand that the major challenges of our time--migration, race, inequity, climate justice, and democracy--connect to the biosphere. Traditional environmental education has accomplished much, but it has not been able to stem the inexorable decline of global ecosystems. Thomashow, the former president of a college dedicated to sustainability, describes instead environmental learning, a term signifying that our relationship to the biosphere must be front and center in all aspects of our daily lives. In this illuminating book, he provides rationales, narratives, and approaches for doing just that.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 248 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780262361057
Related ISBNs:: 9780262539821
Publisher:: MIT Press
Date of Addition:: 03/31/21
Copyrighted By:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Education, Politics and Government
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.