Essays

Designing Sustainable Societies by Incorporating Indigenous Realism
Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College
This webpage is an academic essay discussing the integration of Indigenous realism into Earth education for sustainable societies, emphasizing the value of Indigenous knowledges, experiential learning, and locally tailored solutions to environmental crises, as proposed by scholar Daniel Wildcat, within the context of geoscience pedagogy. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Earth Education for Sustainable Societies: A Middle School Interdisciplinary Perspective
Loris Chen
This essay page presents an interdisciplinary middle school model for Earth education toward sustainable societies, emphasizing career exploration, the National Geographic Geo-Inquiry Process, climate activism inspiration from figures like Greta Thunberg, and international sustainability programs in Germany and Japan as frameworks applicable to K-12 and higher education. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

How can we design the future of Earth Education for sustainable societies?
Glenda Lozada, Adolfo García Second Unit
This webpage is an essay within the InTeGrate project’s "Earth Education for Sustainable Societies" workshop series, authored by Glenda Lozada, discussing how educators can foster sustainable communities through critical thinking, equity, climate action, and interdisciplinary teaching, emphasizing the role of education in advancing sustainability, social justice, and resilient societies. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Where are the humanities?
PRAJUKTI Bhattacharyya, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
An essay page from the InTeGrate project discussing the integration of humanities in earth science education for sustainability, emphasizing storytelling, imagination, and interdisciplinary teaching methods to foster deeper student engagement with societal and environmental issues. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

One Earth. Our Future. Sustainability Education for K-12 Audiences.
Carla McAuliffe, TAPE
Essay page discussing sustainability education for K-12 audiences, emphasizing interconnected Earth systems, equity, and student empowerment through data-driven learning, proposing a youth-focused MOOC to foster sustainable societies. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Promoting Place-Based Education on a National Scale
Elisa Caref, Sarah Lawrence College
This webpage is an educational essay discussing strategies for scaling place-based environmental education nationally through community-integrated, interdisciplinary projects aligned with science standards, emphasizing local relevance, student engagement, and systemic support. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Connecting Learning to Action through Local Communities
Cathy Manduca, Carleton College
This webpage is an essay discussing the integration of Earth science education with societal issues through actionable, community-based learning, emphasizing the need for cross-sector collaboration in education to foster sustainability and resilience. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Wrestling with Choices - A Challenge for Schools
Chuck Buxbaum, Sandia Preparatory School
An essay page discussing challenges in integrating sustainability education into traditional school systems, authored by Chuck Buxbaum of Sandia Preparatory School, exploring interdisciplinary curriculum reform, institutional barriers, and incentivizing eco-conscious decision-making among students. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

The oceans must play a role in sustainable societies
Lauren Sahl, Maine Maritime Academy
This webpage is an educational essay advocating for ocean inclusion in sustainability education, emphasizing ocean literacy, societal challenges like pollution and climate change, and the role of interdisciplinary Earth Science education in empowering students to address global ocean issues. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Teaching is Insufficient; Learning is also Insufficient.
Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Academic essay discussing the insufficiency of teaching and learning alone in Earth education, advocating for the application of knowledge to address sustainability challenges through insights from Event Segmentation Theory in cognitive science. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.