The value of an environmental science education

Volume:

29.4

Publication date:

November 2020

Editors:

Michelle Hale, Danielle Kopecky

Environmental education can provide significant benefits above and beyond environmental knowledge. This edition of the environmental SCIENTIST examines opportunities for environmental education – from primary and secondary school to study at university or participation in environmental outreach activities – and the value of widespread environmental literacy to individuals, societies and in addressing global sustainability issues. Read about the role of young people in the environmental movement, career paths that can follow an environmental education, and how to educate for an environmentally resilient economy.

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The value of an environmental science education - Alison Stokes, Elizabeth Price and Michelle Hale
More than just knowledge - Michelle Hale
Widening the appeal of the environment - Mya-Rose Craig
One Planet – One Life - Jan Maskell
Environmental science: an A-level for the 21st century - Richard Genn
New pathways into the profession: environmental apprenticeships - Jackie Rogers and Caroline Sudworth
Education for sustainable development in higher education - Elizabeth Price, James Longhurst, Rehema White, Chris Preist, Kate Mori, Zoe Robinson, Patrick Baughan, Georgina Gough, Carolyn Hayles, Peter Higgins, Petra Molthan-Hill, Catherine Hack and Simon Kemp
Through a student lens: perspectives on environmental science degrees - George Bethell and Mathilda Digby
Building a career in a changing environment - Ethny Childs, Adam Donnan and Pete Shaw
The value of inclusion in environmental science - Piers Wilkinson
Achieving lifelong eco-literacy through adult environmental education - Philip Turvil
How to educate for an environmentally resilient economy - Serena Murdoch, Henry Webb and Jude Daniel Smith