This book provides a critique of over two decades of sustained effort to infuse educational systems with education for sustainable development. Taking to heart the idea that deconstruction is a prelude to reconstruction, this critique leads to discussions about how education can be remade, and respond to the educational imperatives of our time, particularly as they relate to ecological crises and human-nature relationships. It will be of great interest to students and researchers of sociology, education, philosophy and environmental issues.

Re-imagines a more complete version of education that responds to the ecological challenges of our time Sets out an in-depth critique of education for sustainable development discourses over the last two decades Philosophically and ethically broadens the debates surrounding environmental education and sustainability

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Bob Jickling is Professor Emeritus at Lakehead University, Canada.
Stephen Sterling is Professor of Sustainability Education at Plymouth University, UK.

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'raises necessary radical answers to questions emerging from the Community of Life: How can we correct the suicidal path of the neoliberal cultural ethos?' -Alfonso Fernández-Herrería and Francisco Miguel Martínez-Rodríguez, University of Granada, Spain. ' pushes us to consider the future of education.'- Judy Braus, North American Association for Environmental Education, USA 'an essential book for those seeking to transgress and disrupt the structures and forces pushing us all towards extinction.'- Arjen Wals, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and Gothenburg University, Sweden ' reaffirms what can be gained when we reconnect our educational practices to our deepest purposes and principles.'- David Greenwood, Lakehead University, Canada 'encourages us to develop education models that awaken a more sensitive and caring human spirit, andguide us to look back at the essence of life.'- Mirian Vilela, University for Peace, Costa Rica
This book provides a critique of over two decades of sustained effort to infuse educational systems with education for sustainable development. Taking to heart the idea that deconstruction is a prelude to reconstruction, this critique leads to discussions about how education can be remade, and respond to the educational imperatives of our time, particularly as they relate to ecological crises and human-nature relationships. It will be of great interest to students and researchers of sociology, education, philosophy and environmental issues.
Bob Jickling is Professor Emeritus at Lakehead University, Canada.
Stephen Sterling is Professor of Sustainability Education at Plymouth University, UK.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction; Bob Jickling & Stephen Sterling.- PART I. Remaking Education.- Chapter 2. Education Revisited: Creating Experiences That Are Held, Felt, and Disruptive; Bob Jickling.- Chapter 3. Assuming the Future: Re-Purposing Education in a Volatile Age; Stephen Sterling.- PART II. Critique and Proposition.- Chapter 4. Saying Yes to Life: The Search for the Rebel Teacher; Sean Blenkinsop & Marcus Morse.- Chapter 5. Education and the Common Good; Heila Lotz-Sisitka.- PART III. Experience and Relation.- Chapter 6. Sustainability and Human Being: Towards the Hidden Centre of Authentic Education; Michael Bonnett.- Chapter 7. Environmental Education After Sustainability; Lesley Le Grange.- PART IV. Education Through Action.- Chapter 8. Education as Life; Lucie Sauvé.- Chapter 9. Resilient Education: Confronting Perplexity and Uncertainty; Edgar J. González-Gaudiano & José Gutiérrez-Pérez.- Chapter 10. An Afterword; Stephen Sterling & Bob Jickling.