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The Matter of Reconciliation View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Peter Graham
In Canada, educators are exploring ways to bring reconciliation with indigenous peoples into the classroom. Prior to the European invasion of Turtle Island, indigenous peoples relied on a material environment that reflected a particular way of becoming human with the land. They relied on physical environments and material artefacts for their perceptual, psychological, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual development. The particular kind of people they could become depended quite explicitly upon a process of becoming with. This paper begins with a review of the many ways in which material things (as well as other living beings) in environment always inform the development of any human identity. Reconciliation, we argue, is thus dependent on bringing the right kinds of materialities into new educational processes and, above all, taking those materialities seriously. Next, we explore some possibilities for becoming allies in the restoration of the materiality that would be needed for real reconciliation, in all its many forms, processes and supporting structures. Finally, we close with some tentative speculations about how settler communities might become more mindful of our own relations with stuff and view their own potential for healthy development as possibly being hobbled by a reliance on what might be viewed as our own relatively impoverished ways of becoming with the land.
Featured Enhancing SDG Literacy through Green Building Education - Lessons from Multiple Green Nudges: Intersections of Sustainable Education Infrastructure View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Kulsum Fatima
The study assesses the University wide implementations of SDG's with respect to the book of green Nudges by UNEP. Existing Nudges at the University of Calgary main campus are identified and assessed with respect to the extent of their impact on influencing campus community behaviour and decision-making towards resource utilization. This includes campus-wide actions under each SDG category involving architecture design, default setting, social influence and edcuational campagins. These “green nudges” implemented to promote SDG's on campus are intended to instill environmental values to last a lifetime.
Climate Change Education in the Czech Republic - Urgency and Potential : The Process of Implementing Formal and Non-formal Education View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Miloslav Kolenatý
The study deals with the process of implementing climate change education (CCE) in the Czech educational system, both formal and non-formal education. It investigates the topic of climate change in national school curricula and relevant climate change educational programmes. The study also presents research on climate change knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of Czech students and teachers/educators and its implications for CCE. It also describes the process of preparing a CCE methodology and strategy guide which was initiated by the Czech Ministry of Environment and completed in 2021.
The Impact of the Learning Unit, Environment and Sustainability, on Consumption Habits of College Students in Mexico during COVID-19 View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Adriana Camacho Gomez, Jorge Omar Moreno Treviño, Lilián Angélica Reynosa Martínez, Monica Cavazos Chio
Life in college for students during COVID-19 allowed them to live various experiences, both socially and academically, each of these aspects transformed their lives and their commitment to the environment. This study evaluates the impact of the Learning Unit (LU), Environment and Sustainability, taught to all students of Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), on consumption habits and environmental culture, during COVID-19. As a study population, students from Facultad de Ciencias Químicas (FCQ) and Facultad de Economía (FAECO) were considered, with the objective of comparing the impact of the LU before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, considering various indicators of consumption habits. A quantitative method was used, based on the results of two surveys applied, one at FAECO during the pandemic and the other at FCQ before the pandemic, both careers of UANL. For this purpose, a study was carried out with a representative stratified statistical design by gender and semesters, with an exploratory-descriptive nature, and with a quantitative-qualitative approach. The procedure followed was design and apply the same survey to both careers, collect the data, to finally analyze the results of both databases. The results show that during COVID-19, college students showed a positive behavior in consumption habits in terms of disposables after having completed the LU. One of the areas of opportunity for future research is the comparability of student results before and after taking the course.
