Envisioning Environmental Literacy

This book bridges the gap between two critical issuesenvironmental literacy and social norms and explores various topics and case studies from Sinophone and Taiwanese perspectives. Each chapter includes extensive information on pro-environmental behaviors, and on people with working experiences, home experiences, and actual philosophies in their daily lives. In keeping with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this book highlights our potential to contribute to social inclusion and environmental protection, and offers a comprehensive guide for scholars, students, practitioners, and entrepreneurs in environmental education and related disciplines.

Provides a comprehensive overview of efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Covers everything from the history of environmental education to today's well-structured operations from Sinophone and Taiwanese perspectives Uses case studies from Sinophone and Taiwanese regions to identify and illustrate key notions, criticism and debates on environmental behaviors

Autorentext

Wei-Ta Fang, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, and President of the Society of Wetland Scientists Asia Chapter. He is an environmental educator and the first research fellow awarded the status of Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) in Asia. He received the President's Service Award (2017 & 2011), and the Doug Wilcox Award (2015), both from the Society of Wetland Scientists, and has also served as an Associate Editor of Wetlands (SCI journal, Springer), since 2012. His publications include Tourism in Emerging Economies (Springer, 2020) and Envisioning Environmental Literacy.

Klappentext

This book bridges the gap between two critical issues environmental literacy and social norms and explores various topics and case studies from Sinophone and Taiwanese perspectives. Each chapter includes extensive information on pro-environmental behaviors, and on people with working experiences, home experiences, and actual philosophies in their daily lives. In keeping with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this book highlights our potential to contribute to social inclusion and environmental protection, and offers a comprehensive guide for scholars, students, practitioners, and entrepreneurs in environmental education and related disciplines.

Inhalt
Part 1: Contextualization.- Chapter 1. Orientation.- Chapter 2. Indigenous Knowledge.- Chapter 3. Environmental Literacy: Behavior Oriented.- Chapter 4. Environmental Governance.- Part 2: Agents.- Chapter 5. Government Officials.- Chapter 6. Farmers.- Chapter 7. Laborers.- Chapter 8. Visitors to a College Campus.- Chapter 9. College Students.- Part 3: Actors.- Chapter 10. Children.- Chapter 11. Parents.- Chapter 12. Outreach Media.