Why Do We Need to Teach Education for Sustainability at the Primary Level?

Title
Why Do We Need to Teach Education for Sustainability at the Primary Level?
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Quinn, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-3416
Email: fquinn@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fquinn
Eames, Chris
Editor
Editor(s): Neil Taylor, Frances Quinn, Chris Eames
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sense Publishers
Place of publication
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:17672
Abstract
There is a growing realisation among the peoples of the world of our impact on the environment. When we consider that we depend entirely on our natural environment to provide the resources that sustain our lives (water, food, materials, fuels, etc.), we can see why this situation should cause concern. Part of this concern resides in the knowledge that development trends are not sustainable; our current levels of population and consumption mean we are far exceeding our planet's capacity to support us and other species. These trends are having consequences such as resource depletion and waste disposal, climate change, extinction of species and challenges to the integrity of ecosystems, which we describe in more detail in Chapter 2. These consequences are so severe and widespread that scientists have informally coined a new term for the time we are living in-the Anthropocene-to signifY the unprecedented impact of human activity on the Earth.
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Citation
Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools: Teaching for the Future, p. 1-11
ISBN
9789463000468
9789463000444
9789463000451
Start page
1
End page
11

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