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.

It's too late. Let's get to work anyway.
Don Haas, Paleontological Research Institution
This webpage is an essay discussing the urgency of climate action despite delayed responses, advocating for transformative, interdisciplinary Earth education that empowers students as leaders in sustainability through systemic change rather than incremental reforms. 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 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.

A Lack of Scientific Literacy, Geographic Literacy and Global Literacy: Can the UN Sustainability Goals Help?
Margie Turrin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
This essay page from the InTeGrate project examines the interrelated deficits in scientific, geographic, and global literacy, arguing that systems thinking and the UN Sustainability Goals offer a framework for improving sustainability education and fostering informed, equitable decision-making in a globally interconnected society. 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.

Inspiring Action in Earth Education
Derek Dubossi, LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts & Music and Arts
A content page from the InTeGrate project featuring an essay by educator Derek Dubossi on fostering actionable Earth education through relevance, empathy, and collaborative learning environments in the context of 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.

Teaching is Insufficient; Learning is also Insufficient.
Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Pre-workshop Essay for the Workshop on Earth Education for Sustainable Societies In episode 122 of Star Trek: Voyager, the character Seven of ...

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.

Inspiring Action Across Diverse Audiences More A Set of Musings than an Action
Margie Turrin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Margie Turrin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Inspiring Action Across Diverse Audiences More A Set of Musings than an Action Last week I attended a workshop focused on developing an action plan for our region to ...

Earth Education for Sustainable Societies: A Middle School Interdisciplinary Perspective
Loris Chen
Loris J. Chen, Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Greta Thornberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, made headlines by sailing from Europe to New York City to speak at the United National Climate Action ...

From the hyper-local to global: UNAVCO's vision for sustainability in earth education
Beth Bartel, UNAVCO; Donna Charlevoix, EarthScope Consortium; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium; Shelley Olds, EarthScope Consortium
Beth Bartel, Beth Pratt-Situala, Donna Charlevoix, and Shelley Olds, UNAVCO UNAVCO, a non-profit university consortium, operates the NSF's Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE). Beth ...