Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice

Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice places the natural environment as central to practice. Utilizing the Phases of Practice and micro to macro levels of practice, the book integrates neatly into a college semester course. Chapters cover important components of social work such as theory, ethics, conceptual foundations as well as distinct chapters on micro, mezzo, and macro practice. Each chapter expands the discipline's commitment to and applied efforts in the environmental movement while recognizing the unique contributions social work has to offer to ameliorate environmental inequities. Chapters include real-world stories from environmental social work practitioners, case studies, and boxed sections highlighting organizations and people who bridge the human and natural justice divide. Each chapter concludes with learning activities and critical thinking questions providing learning activities that map easily to a course syllabus. A matrix identifying the placement of educational competencies from the Council on Social Work Education is included. The textbook provides a framework for social work educators to bravely and competently teach environmental social work as a stand-alone college course or to incorporate into a traditional practice course.

Autorentext

Christina L. Erickson, PhD, is Professor of Social Work and Environmental Studies at Augsburg University. Her work explores the intersections of social work as an applied profession and the experience of humans in their natural, social and economic environment. Dr. Erickson views social work knowledge, skills and values as essential to responding to and ameliorating environmental degradation.

Inhalt

Preface Council on Social Work Education Competencies Chapter 1 Environmental Justice and Social Work Practice: Historical Roots Chapter 2 Social Work's Foundational Concepts: Values and Skills for Environmental Justice Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundations: Systems, Narrative, and Structural Theories Chapter 4 Ethics for Environmental Justice Chapter 5 Understanding Yourself and the Natural Environment Chapter 6 Phases of Social Work Practice for Environmental Justice Chapter 7 Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families Towards Environmental Justice Chapter 8 Social Work Practice with Groups and Communities Towards Environmental Justice Chapter 9 Social Work Practice with Policies and Organizations Towards Environmental Justice Chapter 10 Holistic Practice: Stewarding People and the Environment Index