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The challenge of coordinated civic climate change education

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  • Peter Buckland

    (Penn State University)

  • Eban Goodstein

    (Bard Center for Environmental Policy)

  • Rob Alexander

    (James Madison University)

  • Barry Muchnick

    (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)

  • Mary Ellen Mallia

    (University at Albany)

  • Neil Leary

    (Center for Sustainability Education, Dickinson College)

  • Rob Andrejewski

    (University of Richmond)

  • Susannah Barsom

    (Stanford University)

Abstract

Many sustainability educators want to more effectively engage their students with climate policy. They also seek to support students’ civic and change agent skills and dispositions to take on critical social, economic, and environmental challenges that require collective action. Training young people for civic leadership and collective action is integral to the mission of higher education and part of achieving that mission has been to share success stories. This article shares anecdotal but research-informed reflections on the Power Dialog, a twenty-state, multi-month, civically minded, coordinated climate change educational program developed for college students to provide input to state governments on the Clean Power Plan. The Power Dialog was crafted on theories and practices of democratic education, behavioral economics, policy theory, and up-to-date climate science and risk assessments. This reflection shows that factors in state government, strong interinstitutional networks and leadership, and programs inside of the universities themselves were critical for success. The article concludes by recognizing that the national, state, and local political landscapes have shifted with the Trump administration and educators will need to respond accordingly.

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  • Peter Buckland & Eban Goodstein & Rob Alexander & Barry Muchnick & Mary Ellen Mallia & Neil Leary & Rob Andrejewski & Susannah Barsom, 2018. "The challenge of coordinated civic climate change education," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 8(2), pages 169-178, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:8:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s13412-018-0473-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s13412-018-0473-x
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