Essays

Sustainable Agriculture as an Integrating Context for Earth Education
Tara Laidlaw, Out to Learn
An essay page from the InTeGrate project discussing how sustainable agriculture serves as a multidisciplinary, community-connected context for Earth education, integrating academic, environmental, social, and economic learning to advance 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.

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.

Educating ALL: The Importance of Everyone Taking Care of This EARTH We Share
Paula Faulkner, North Carolina A & T State University
This webpage is an educational essay advocating for early and inclusive Earth science education across K-12 and higher education levels, emphasizing sustainability, environmental stewardship, and public engagement through real-world learning experiences and interdisciplinary approaches. 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.

Solve Climate 2030: Solar Dominance and Civic Engagement
David Blockstein, Bard College
This essay page from the InTeGrate project explores achieving climate stabilization by 2030 through solar energy dominance and civic engagement, detailing Bard College’s Power Dialogs initiative that connects students with clean energy experts to discuss solutions, equity, and action pathways in the transition to a sustainable energy future. 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.

All Shall Be Judged Politically: Seeking Consensus for a Sustainability-Literate Dialogue
Eric Pyle, James Madison University
This webpage is an academic essay discussing the need for political and educational consensus on sustainability literacy, exploring ethical frameworks, Garrett Hardin’s "Tragedy of the Commons," Elinor Ostrom’s collaborative governance model, and the role of geoscience education in fostering sustainable societal dialogue. 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 Expands to Teach Active Participation in Public Life
Sarah Johnson, Wild Rose Education
This essay page discusses expanding Earth Education to foster active civic engagement by integrating systems thinking, neuroscience-informed pedagogy, and community-based action, exemplified through the Youth Water Leadership Program’s model of student-driven, evidence-based policy advocacy within sustainable societies 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.

SUSTAINABLE EARTH? BLAH... WE ARE AN INTERSTELLAR SPECIES!
Joel Aquino, University of North Georgia / Hall County Schools
An opinion essay page arguing that Earth's sustainability is unattainable due to entropy and resource demands, proposing interstellar expansion as a long-term solution, while advocating for integrating big data, GIS, and emerging technologies in K-16 education to address environmental challenges and human evolution. 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.

What Are We Advocating For with Sustainability?
Robert Turner, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
This webpage is an academic essay advocating for transformative sustainability education in higher education, proposing a collective scientific warning and critical dialogue on defining sustainability, while addressing systemic educational reform, environmental literacy, and contested socio-political models for societal transformation. 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.