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Environmental education
About: Environmental education is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 14551 publications have been published within this topic receiving 211056 citations. The topic is also known as: environmental learning.
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TL;DR: This paper examined an application within Facebook.com that allowed users to post climate change news stories from other websites and comment on those stories and found that self-reported environmental behaviors increased during young people's involvement with the Facebook application.
Abstract: Online social networks are increasingly important information and communication tools for young people and for the environmental movement. Networks may provide the motivation for young adults to increase environmental behaviors by increasing their knowledge of environmental issues and of the specific actions they can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This study examined an application within Facebook.com – the largest online social network in the world – that allowed users to post climate change news stories from other websites and comment on those stories. A survey revealed that users of the social networking application reported above average knowledge of climate change science and that self‐reported environmental behaviors increased during young people's involvement with the Facebook application. Focus groups indicated that peer role modeling through interaction on the site motivated pro‐environmental behaviors, that is, behavior that seeks to minimize the negative impact of one's actions on the...
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TL;DR: Although the role of education in addressing the challenges of climate change is increasingly recognized, the education sector remains underutilized as a strategic resource to mitigate and adapt to climate change Education stakeholders in many countries have yet to develop a coherent framework for climate change education as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Although the role of education in addressing the challenges of climate change is increasingly recognized, the education sector remains underutilized as a strategic resource to mitigate and adapt to climate change Education stakeholders in many countries have yet to develop a coherent framework for climate change education (CCE) This article underscores the critical role that education can and should play in addressing and responding to climate change in all of its complexity It provides rationales as to why CCE should be addressed in the context of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Advancing CCE in the context of ESD, or Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development (CCESD), requires enhancement of learners’ understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change and their readiness to take actions to address it The article presents key organizing principles of CCESD and outlines key knowledge, skills, attitudes, dispositions and competences to be fostered through it
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TL;DR: The authors draw attention to the possibilities of the ongoing philosophical discussion about cosmopolitan universal values in relation to the normative challenges in environmental and sustainabilistic challenges in sustainable agriculture and food systems.
Abstract: This article draws attention to the possibilities of the ongoing philosophical discussion about cosmopolitan universal values in relation to the normative challenges in environmental and sustainabi ...
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TL;DR: The 4P Approach to Dealing with Scientific Uncertainty as discussed by the authors is a well-known approach for dealing with uncertainty in science and policy for sustainable development, and it has been widely used.
Abstract: (1992). The 4P Approach to Dealing with Scientific Uncertainty. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 34, No. 9, pp. 12-42.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of a procedure implemented and used at one Swedish university to promote integration of the concept of sustainability into courses, based on a literature review.
Abstract: This study examined the impact of a procedure implemented and used at one Swedish university to promote integration of the concept of sustainability into courses. The study is based on a literature ...
114 citations