eeRESEARCH

eeRESEARCH combines research for environmental education and the movement to connect children and nature. The database includes multiple ways to search for articles, syntheses, and research summaries. 

This project is a partnership with Children & Nature Network and NAAEE. Funded by the Pisces Foundation with support from ee360, ee360+, and the U.S. Forest Service. Learn more.

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Climate justice education in schools requires holistic approaches integrating scientific understanding with social, emotional, and action-oriented learning while emphasizing intergenerational, intersectional, and interspecies dimensions of justice

Stevenson, Robert B., Whitehouse, Hilary, & Field, Ellen. (2024). Teaching Climate Justice Education Holistically in Schools. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Retrieved from https://oxfordre.com/education/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-1791

A landscape analysis reveals significant gaps in educational programming that addresses both gender equality and climate justice, despite growing global advocacy for such intersectional approaches

Kwauk, Christina T., & Wyss, Natalie. (2023). Gender equality and climate justice programming for youth in low- and middle-income countries: an analysis of gaps and opportunities. Environmental Education Research, 29(11), 1573-1596. 10.1080/13504622.2022.2123894

Indigenous Fijian concept of "curui" offers a framework for understanding how climate justice, gender equality and education policies can be more effectively interwoven, highlighting current gaps in policy alignment

Lagi, Rosiana, Waqailiti, Ledua, Raisele, Kolaia, Tyson, Lorena Sanchez, & Nussey, Charlotte. (2023). ‘Curui’: weaving climate justice and gender equality into Fijian educational policies and practices. Comparative Education, 59(2), 305-324. 10.1080/03050068.2023.2188370

Justice-driven CCE extends beyond traditional STEM settings, emphasizes people-focused over planet-focused aims, and encompasses diverse educational processes and outcomes across formal, community-based, and activist learning contexts

Trott, Carlie D., Lam, Stephanie, Roncker, Jessica, Gray, Emmanuel-Sathya, Courtney, Hayden, & Even, Trevor L. (2023). Justice in climate change education: a systematic review. Environmental Education Research, 29(11), 1535-1572. 10.1080/13504622.2023.2181265

Co-development of learning activities with a community can lead to better educational outcomes

Leach, Carrie, Schroeck, N., Blessman, J., Rorai, V., Cooper-Sargent, M., Lichtenberg, P. A., & Trentacosta, C. J. (2022). Engaged communication of environmental health science: Processes and outcomes of urban academic-community partnerships. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 21(1), 7-22. 10.1080/1533015X.2021.1930609

Environmental education must move beyond climate literacy to address sociopolitical dimensions and incorporate local knowledge for effective climate justice education, particularly in the Global South

Dutta, Deborah. (2022). Environmental Education for Climate Justice: An Indian Perspective. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-1731

Climate change education must center equity and justice to effectively address the complex intersections of environmental, social, and educational inequities that characterize both the causes and impacts of climate change

Sover, Katherine, & Walsh, Elizabeth M. (2022). Introduction: Climate Change Education Must Be Education for Justice: Historical and Conceptual Foundations for Centering Equity in Climate Change Education. In Justice and Equity in Climate Change Education. Routledge.

EE should embrace ecosocialism, as capitalism is incompatible with environmental protection

Arenas, Alberto. (2021). Pandemics, capitalism, and an ecosocialist pedagogy. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52(6), 371-383. 10.1080/00958964.2021.1999197

Gender identity as it relates to and environmental activism and artivism

Rodríguez-Labajos, Beatriz, & Ray, Isha. (2021). Six avenues for engendering creative environmentalism. Global Environmental Change, 68, 102269.

Effects of pandemic policies on children's emotions in Portugal

Rios, Clementina, Neilson, Alison Laurie, & Menezes, Isabel. (2021). COVID-19 and the desire of children to return to nature: Emotions in the face of environmental and intergenerational injustices. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52, 335-346.

The role of justice in environmental education, science education, and social science

Forsythe, Michelle E., & Chan, Yun-Wen. (2021). Justice-centered education amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52, 347-357.

COVID-19 lessons can shape an ecopedagogy centered on environmental justice

Misiaszek, Greg William. (2021). Ecopedagogical literacy of a pandemic: Teaching to critically read the politics of COVID-19 with environmental issues. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52(5), 358-369. 10.1080/00958964.2021.1981206