This book lays out the principles and practices of transformative sustainability
education using a relational way of thinking and being.
Elizabeth A. Lange advocates for a new approach to environmental and
sustainability education, that of rethinking the Western way of knowing and
being and engendering a frank discussion about the societal elements that are
generating climate, environmental, economic, and social issues. Highlighting the
importance of Indigenous and life-giving cultures, the book covers educational
theory, transformation stories of adult learners, social and economic critique, and
visions of changemakers. Each chapter also has a strong pedagogical element, with
entry points for learners and embodied practices and examples of taking action at
micro/meso/macro levels woven throughout. Overall, this book enacts a relational
approach to transformative sustainability education that draws from post humanist
theory, process thought, relational ontology, decolonization theory, Indigenous
philosophy, and a spirituality that builds a sense of sacred towards the living world.
Written in an imaginative, storytelling manner, this book will be a great resource
for formal and nonformal environmental and sustainability educators.