Environmental adult education

Environmental adult education is recognized as a "hybrid outgrowth of the environmental movement and adult education, combining an ecological orientation with a learning paradigm to provide a vigorous educational approach to environmental concerns."^[1]

In laymen's terms, environmental adult education refers to efforts in teaching environmental issues and how individuals and businesses can manage or change their lifestyles and their ecosystems in order to achieve sustainable existence. The overarching goal of this field of study is to educate global citizens in order for them to gain sustainable lives within their respective societies. The content could also include ecological justice, integrating social concerns such as poverty, race, gender, and sexual orientation, among others.^[2] This relationship is demonstrated in the impact of the excesses of global capitalism and its insatiable need for resources on people such as the polarization of power and wealth.^[3]

^ Sumner, J (2003). "Environmental adult education and community sustainability." New directions for adult and continuing education. Fall (99), 39–45
^ English, Leona (2016). International Encyclopedia of Adult Education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 218–219. ISBN 9780230201712.
^ Dentith, Audrey; Griswold, Wendy (2017). Ecojustice Adult Education. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119383833.

[1] Sumner, J (2003). "Environmental adult education and community sustainability." New directions for adult and continuing education. Fall (99), 39–45

[:0-2] English, Leona (2016). International Encyclopedia of Adult Education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 218–219. ISBN 9780230201712.

[3] Dentith, Audrey; Griswold, Wendy (2017). Ecojustice Adult Education. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119383833.

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