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Course Information

Elizabeth Lange. https://elizabethlange.ca
Fireweed Learning Commons. https://fireweedlearningcommons.ca
University of Alberta Library. (n.d.) APA citation style (7th edition). https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/apa-citation-style
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). (n.d.). APA formatting and style guide (7th edition). https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/index.html

Unit 1: Seeding Lifegiving Cultures

Required Reading
Bonnett, M. (2015). Sustainability, the metaphysics of mastery and transcendent nature. In H. Kopnina & E. Shoreman-Ouimet (Eds.), Sustainability: Key issues (pp. 25-39). Routledge. **add file once approved**
Commentary Links
Great Transition Initiative 

Unit 2: Locating Ourselves, Telling Our Stories

Required Reading
Grenz, J. (2024). Introduction: My shelhsteelt (Pivotal moment): From ecologist to land healer. Medicine wheel for the planet (pp. 1-13). Knopf Canada. **add file when approved**
Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Skywoman Falling. Braiding Sweetgrass (pp. 3-10). Milkweed Editions.

Unit 3: Origins of Sustainability Education

Required Reading
Kopnina, H., & Shoreman-Ouimet, E. (2015). Introduction – The emergence and development of sustainability. Sustainability: Key issues (pp. 3-23). Routledge. **add file when approved**
Supplementary Reading
Pike, G. (2000). A tapestry in the making: The strands of global education. In T. Goldstein and D. Selby (Eds.), Weaving connections: Educating for peace, social and environmental justice (pp. 218-241). Sumach Press.

Note: Please navigate to page 219 of the ebook.

Unit 4: Evolution of Sustainability Education

Required Reading
Stuckey, P. (2010). Being known by a birch tree: Animist refigurings of Western epistemology. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 4(3), 182-205. 
Marouli, C. (2021). Sustainability Education for the Future? Challenges and Implications for Education and Pedagogy for the 21st Century. Sustainability, 13(5), 2901.
Supplementary Reading
Wals, A., & Blewitt, J. (2010). Third-wave sustainability in higher education: Some (inter)national trends and development. In P. Jones, D. Selby, & S. Sterling (Eds.), Sustainability education (pp. 81–104). Routledge.
Commentary Links
Jardine, E. (2016). Cultural ways of forming ecological identities and factors affecting their ontologies. Acadia University Library, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Retrieved from https://scholar.acadiau.ca/node/1443

Unit 5: Old Stories – Historical Context Pre-1970s

Required Reading
Walters, S., & Clancy, S. (2025). Unlearning embodied separation of humans from the more-than-human world. In N. James, K. Orr, S. Clancy (Eds.), Research handbook on adult learning and education (pp. 96–101). Elgar Publishers. **add file when approved**
Orr, D. (1992). The problem of sustainability. In D. Orr, Ecological literacy (pp. 3-21). SUNY. **add file when approved
Orr, D. (1992). Two meanings of sustainability. In D. Orr, Ecological literacy (pp. 23-40). SUNY. ****add file when approved***
Commentary Links
de Oliveria, V. M. (n.d.) Hospicing modernity. Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures. https://decolonialfutures.net/hospicingmodernity/

Unit 6: Old Stories – Historical Context Post-1970s

Required Reading
Berry, W. (1993). Sex, economy, freedom, and community (III). In Sex, economy, freedom and community: Eight essays (pp. 144-153). Pantheon Books. **add file when approved**
Berry, W. (1993). Sex, economy, freedom, and community (IV). In Sex, economy, freedom and community: Eight Essays (pp. 168-173). Pantheon Books. **add file when approved**
Orr, D. (1994). What is education for? In D. Orr, Earth in mind (pp. 7-15). Island Press. **add file when approved**
Tannock, S. (2021). Chapter 6 - Children & youth can change the world! Educating for radical social transformation in the climate crisis (pp. 153-183). Palgrave Macmillan. **add file when approved**

Unit 7: Evolution of Environmental Education

Required Reading
Mappin, M., & Johnson, E. (2005). Changing perspectives of ecology and education in environmental education. In Environmental education and advocacy (pp. 1-27). Cambridge University Press. **add file when approved**
Rockstrom, J., & Gaffney, O. (2021). Chapter 5: Three scientific insights have changed how we view Earth. In Breaking boundaries: The science of our planet (pp. 65-73). DK Books.
Rockstrom, J., & Gaffney, O. (2021). Chapter 6: Planetary boundaries. In Breaking boundaries: The science of our planet (pp. 74-88). DK Books.
Supplementary Reading
Gruenewald, D. (2008). The best of both worlds: A critical pedagogy of place. Environmental Education Research, 14(3), 308-324. https://0-www-tandfonline-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/doi/epdf/10.1080/13504620802193572?needAccess=true
González-Gaudiano, E. (2006). Environmental education: A field in tension or transition? Environmental Education Research, 12(3-4), 291-300. DOI: 10.1080/1350462060079904 

Unit 8: Climate Education

Required Reading
Selby, D., & Kagawa, F. (2018). Teetering on the brink: Subversive and restorative learning in times of climate turmoil and disaster. Journal of Transformative Education, 16(4), 302-322.   
Gonzalez-Gaudiano, E. & Meira-Cartea, P. (2010). Climate Change Education and Communication: A Critical Perspective on Obstacles and Resistances. In F. Kagawa & D. Selby (Eds.), Education and climate change (pp. 29–51). Routledge.
Sefa Dei, G. (2010). The environment, climate change, ecological sustainability, and antiracist education. In F. Kagawa & D. Selby (Eds.), Education and climate change (pp. 112–130). Routledge.
Hayhoe, K. TED Talk: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change – Talk about It [Video]. https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_hayhoe_the_most_important_thing_you_can_do_to_fight_climate_change_talk_about_it
Commentary Links
MIT Climate. (2021, December 14). What is the most cost-effective way to buy carbon offsets? Climate Portal. https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/what-most-cost-effective-way-buy-carbon-offsets
Global Footprint Network. (n.d.). Footprint calculator. https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en
ClimateHero. (n.d.). Carbon calculator. https://carbon-calculator.climatehero.org/
The Royal Society. (n.d.). Climate change: Evidence and causes. Retrieved November 10, 2025, from https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/climate-change-evidence-causes/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2021, June 14). Climate change basics [Video]. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDcpvybA-M0
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2021, October 14). Climate change explained... How do we know humans are causing climate change and changes in extremes? [Video]. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/632103568
Royal Academy of Engineering. (2022, August 24). Energy - getting to net zero [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzvkLzLReF4
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2022, June 7). Climate Change 2022: Impacts, adaptation & vulnerability - Full video [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDRxfuEvqGg
C40 Cities. https://www.c40.org/
NetZeroCities. https://netzerocities.eu/the-netzerocities-project/
Supplementary Reading
Kagawa, F. (2010). Learning in emergencies: Defense of humanity for a livable world. In F. Kagawa and D. Selby (Eds.), Education and Climate Change (pp. 131–150). Routledge.
Walters, S. (2022). Learning about Climate Justice in Times of Drought and Covid-19. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 41(1), 45–59. DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2021.1982038 
Walters, S., Kotze, A., O’Neil, J., Burt, J., February, C., & Clover, D. (2022). Towards an emergent curriculum for climate justice adult educators/activists. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 62(3), 298-324. https://0-search-proquest-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/scholarly-journals/towards-emergent-curriculum-climate-justice-adult/docview/2818310898/se-2?accountid=8408

Unit 9: Transformative Learning and Emergent Social Change

Required Reading
Wheatley, M., & Frieze, D. (n.d.). Using emergence to take social innovation to scale. The Berkana Institute. https://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/using-emergence.pdf
Lange, E. (2012). Transforming transformative learning through sustainability and the New Science. In E. Taylor & P. Cranton (Eds.), The handbook of transformative learning (pp. 209–227). Jossey-Bass.
Lange, E. (2025, March 6). Our great work of transformation: Anticipating the Symbiocene era [Recorded webinar]. University of Toronto. https://www.elizabethlange.ca
Supplementary Reading
Kopnina, H. (2020). Education for the future? Critical evaluation of education for sustainable development goals. Journal of Environmental Education, 51(4), 280–291. https://0-research-ebsco-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/c/bq34of/viewer/html/mrnm7xpd4b
Ostrow Michel, J., Holland, L., Brunnquell, C., & Sterling, S. (2020). The ideal outcome of education for sustainability: Transformative sustainability learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2020(161), 177-188. https://0-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/doi/10.1002/tl.20380

Unit 10: New Stories – Relationality

Required Reading
Lange, E., & The Fireweed Institute. (2010). A cosmic story. https://www.elizabethlange.ca/a-cosmic-story.
EncourageTV. (2022, September 20). Journey of the universe (2013) documentary, Brian Swimme  [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulXfIv3wHvg
Barrett, M.J., Harmin, M., Maracle, B., Patterson, M., Thomson, C., Flowers, M., & Bors, K. (2017). Shifting relations with the more-than-human: Six threshold concepts for transformative sustainability learning. Environmental Education Research, 23(1), 131-143.
Widhalm, B. (2011). Educators as architects of living systems: Designing vibrant learning experiences beyond sustainability and systems thinking. Journal of Sustainability Education, 2 (March). 

Unit 11 : New Stories – Process and Systems Thinking

Required Reading
Nelson, M. (2017). Education for the Eighth Fire: Indigeneity and Native ways of learning. In E. Assadourian & L. Mastny (Eds.), EarthEd: Rethinking education on a changing planet (pp. 75-86). The World Watch Institute.
Booth Sweeney, L. (2017). All systems go! Developing a generation of “systems-smart” kids. In E. Assadourian & L. Mastny (Eds.), EarthEd: Rethinking education for a changing planet (pp. 163-176). The World Watch Institute.
David Bohm Society. (2023). Bohm dialogue audio [Audio clips]. bohmdialogue.org/#audio.
Supplementary Reading
Sipos, Y., Battisti, B., & Grimm, K. (2008). Achieving transformative sustainability learning: Engaging head, hands, and heart. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 9(1), 68-86.
Commentary Links
Graham, J. (Ed.). (1998). The integration of the Americas: Tomasito's guide. In J. Graham (Ed.), A taste for justice education and action guide (p. 16). Ten Days for Global Justice.
Capra Course. https://www.capracourse.net/

Unit 12: Reimagining Education

Required Reading
Wall Kimmerer, R. (2022). All earth entities are sentient. In W. Topa & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Restoring the kinship worldview (pp. 89-96). North Atlantic Books.
Gunn Allen, P. (2022). High respect for the sacred feminine. In W. Topa & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Restoring the kinship worldview (pp. 59-68). North Atlantic Books.
Tannock, S. (2021). Pedagogies of hope and fear. In S. Tannock, Educating for radical social transformation in the climate crisis (pp. 87-117). Palgrave Macmillan. **add file when approved**
Commentary Links
Diana Beresford-Kroeger's Bioplan. https://calloftheforest.ca/about-diana/

Unit 13: Reimagining Our Future

Required Reading
Cajete, G. (2022). Becoming fully human. In W. Topa & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Restoring the kinship worldview (pp. 191-200). North Atlantic Books. **add file when approved**
Martusewicz, R., Edmundson, J., & Lupinacci, J. (2011). Chapter ten: Teaching for the commons: Educating for diverse, democratic, and sustainable communities. In Ecojustice education: Toward diverse, democratic, and sustainable communities (3rd ed.)(pp. 275-315). Routledge.
Orr, D. (1994). Educating a constituency for the long haul. In Earth in mind (pp. 122-130). Island Press.