You can also explore the full course site from the 2021 run of the seminar—with readings, resources, journal & group projects.
2021 GRAD SEMINAR IN CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN EDUCATION
➡️ https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/climatejusticeed2021/home
2021 COURSE JOURNAL
➡️ https://twitter.com/philiplbell/status/1348321669035614210?s=20&t=KsPgYY8vebJz4kiiSQmoyg
The course is designed to be emergent based on the interests and priorities of the participants and to the current moment, so I fully expect this run of the grad seminar will take us in new directions. Stay tuned. #UWClimateEd
In our first session, we engaged in a new land-based activity for small groups focused on learning to see 'connectivities' and 'ecological caring' in the local setting (as described in the quotes from SHIMMER by Deborah Bird Rose).
We then explored the video "Climate Justice Is Social Justice" by Earthrise:
➡️ https://youtu.be/jY2eWJ-U_VQ
A more detailed agenda is shown in the Session 1 Slides:
We will be using these books and resources as anchor texts to support our inquiry—supplemented by various readings, podcasts, and media. We will work to identify pieces that are publicly available as much as possible.
https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691220550/the-mushroom-at-the-end-of-the-world
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/arts-of-living-on-a-damaged-planet
The approach we are taking with the course is that of an interdisciplinary research group focused on exploring educational possibilities. We will collectively inquire, learn, speculate, design, test & share our thinking over the course of the term. You can get a deeper sense of the course focus and approach here:
https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/climateeducation/about
We invite you to follow along through the web site & join in through the #UWClimateEd hashtag.
Course Background & Focus The global climate continues to dramatically change as the result of human activity—with an expanding range of devastating effects around the world (e.g., widespread flooding, heatwaves and animal die-offs, mega-fires, increased and more intense hurricanes, extended
Excited to share the public web site of my grad seminar on CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN EDUCATION. In public pedagogy fashion, I'll share readings, resources, activities & designs based on our collective inquiry.
➡️ https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/climateeducation/
We will explore the broad question:
🌿 How should we promote learning in order to create more just, regenerative & flourishing conditions for all Earthly beings, human and otherwise? 🌿
Philip Bell