Locating a Course on Environmental Justice in Theories of Environmental Education and Global Citizenship

Rob Amos and Priscila Carvalho
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Rob Amos: Rob Amos is the Environment Strand Academic Lead, UCL Global Citizenship Programme, London, UK.
Priscila Carvalho: Priscila Carvalho is Environment Strand Manager, UCL Global Citizenship Programme, UCL Energy Institute, London, UK. E-mail: priscila.carvalho@ucl.ac.uk

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2020, vol. 14, issue 2, 140-155

Abstract: Environmental education is an increasingly important concern for policymakers and universities, as it is critical to the success of the broader agenda represented by the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Achieving this within the higher education sector has proven difficult, however. This article examines how an interdisciplinary, extra-curricular course on the justice implications of climate change, delivered as part of University College London’s Global Citizenship Programme, combined a range of practical and theoretical methodologies to deliver environmental education and the related concept of education for global citizenship. Evidence indicates that courses such as this could be a powerful means of overcoming the shortcomings in mainstream higher education and equipping students with the skills necessary for them to assist society, at global, national and subnational levels, in transitioning towards more sustainable behaviours.

Keywords: Climate change; environmental education; environmental justice; global citizenship; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0973408220980867

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