Ecological Citizenship Research Articles

Access rights in environmental issues from the Escazú Agreement as a wager for the construction of an ecological citizenship

Access rights in environmental issues from the Escazú Agreement as a wager for the construction of an ecological citizenship

Development of Artificial Intelligence Environmental Education Program to Cultivate Ecological Citizenship of Elementary School Students

Development of Artificial Intelligence Environmental Education Program to Cultivate Ecological Citizenship of Elementary School Students

Pendekatan Pedagogic dan Skema Pembelajaran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan untuk Mempromosikan Kewarganegaraan Ekologi

Environmental problems as a world issue require the importance of preparing citizens to have the ability to prevent environmental problems. This research aims to present a study of pedagogical approaches and citizenship education learning schemes in strengthening the integration of ecological citizenship into education as an effort to provide a foundation for citizenship education to develop ecological citizenship in schools. This research uses a comprehensive literature review research method, involving analysis and synthesis of findings from various literature to gain an understanding of the ecological citizenship education learning scheme. The research results show that the pedagogical landscape of ecological citizenship education can be packaged in learning approaches (1) place-based learning; (2) problem-based learning; (3) environmental justice pedagogy; (4) ecological citizenship education; (5) action competency learning; (6) learning to serve; (7) participatory action research; (8) socio-scientific inquiry-based learning (SSIBL). the pedagogical approach to ecological citizenship education includes six (6) stages: (1) inquiry; (2) planning action; (3) critical and active involvement; (4) community participation and networking on a scale (local, national, global), (5) maintaining environmental and social change, and (6) evaluation and reflection.

The effect of future time perspective on behavioral intention to address climate change

As the climate crisis becomes increasingly urgent, discussions on the content and behavioral variables of climate change education are becoming more active. In environmental education, efforts are continuing to develop the ability to look far into the future with the aim of fostering ecological citizenship. However, research and educational attempts to deal with the subjective perception of future time as a major variable of behavior are insufficient. Therefore, this study attempts to analyze whether children’s future time perspective affects their behavioral intentions to address climate change. To address this issue, three studies were conducted to survey elementary school students in Korea. We found that stimuli to feel close to the future helped students expand their time horizon. Our results suggest that future time perspective is crucial in environmental education and is the key to overcoming long time lags of climate change and improving children’s futures literacy.

Local nature-based recreation as a pathway to environmental citizenship

Local parks and protected areas (PPAs) offer important settings for nature exposure proximate to home that may encourage local environmental citizenship (LEC); however, there has been limited investigation of this relationship and how it may be impacted by individual characteristics. This national panel study of U.S. adults examined relationships between frequency of visitation to local nature-based recreation settings and LEC, with assessment of differences by race/ethnicity and associations with age and political orientation (N = 556). Results indicate that more frequent visitation to local nature-based recreation settings is associated with significantly greater environmental advocacy and activism, volunteering, literacy, and political ecological citizenship. Age was negatively related to environmental advocacy and activism, volunteering, and literacy, and liberalism was associated with greater participation in all types of LEC, especially political ecological citizenship. Most LEC types did not vary by race/ethnicity, although there were small differences in environmental advocacy and activism, which was higher among Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino populations compared to Asian respondents. Findings indicate that frequency of visitation to local nature-based recreation settings is associated with LEC regardless of one's age, political orientation, or race/ethnicity, and thus increasing equitable access to local nature-based recreation, especially among those who have been historically underserved, has the potential to encourage PPA stewardship through LEC, while also contributing to the advancement of procedural environmental justice. Management implications•Environmental stewardship and volunteer organizations should focus on supporting land managers in advancing equity in local parks and protected areas (PPAs) as well as engaging users in these spaces through programs which leverage people's connection with nature at the local scale and provide opportunities for accessible involvement in environmental citizenship activities.•Interpretation and education can be used to increase individual's environmental knowledge, while contextualizing such information to places they care about.•Enhanced promotion of local opportunities for stewardship among local PPA visitors may be warranted, especially events or programs with few barriers to entry that might encourage greater future participation.

Activities and Opinions of Science Teacher Candidates on Ecological Citizenship

Teachers undertake important tasks regarding awareness of the environment and raising ecological citizens. In particular, science courses include ecological issues, and science teachers are more responsible for being practitioners of these courses. The purpose of this study is to determine pre-service science teachers' views on ecological citizenship, rights of nature, ecological constitution, participation, responsibility, sustainability, rights and justice, which are the features of ecological citizenship. In line with this purpose, the study uses phenomenological design, which is a qualitative research method. The study group of the research is composed of 21 science teacher candidates, except for senior year students, attending the education faculty of a state university in a large city in the Black Sea region in 2020-2021 academic year. Descriptive analysis method was used in the analysis of the interviews. According to the findings of the study, science teacher candidates thought individuals must first be aware of nature rights and their responsibilities to nature in order to qualify as ecological citizens. It was found that teachers thought all the creatures living in nature, just like humans, have the right to live. They also thought that the protection of nature should be secured by certain laws and rules. In this respect, environmental education programs applied from pre-school to university are recommended to be reexamined in terms of ecological citizenship.

Strengthening Ecological Citizenship by the “Sebarang Bersatu” Community Forest in Rehabilitation Forest and Land Former Tin Mining: Case Study in Juru Seberang Village, Belitung Regency

Strengthening Ecological Citizenship by the “Sebarang Bersatu” Community Forest in Rehabilitation Forest and Land Former Tin Mining: Case Study in Juru Seberang Village, Belitung Regency

The weed, asbestos pipe and disposable tree: unmuting multispecies Flemish and Norwegian circular site stories for diverse circular economies

Abstract This study explores diverse circular economies and methods of multispecies ethnography in Vorselaar, Belgium and Røros, Norway, to identify care-full justice in small-scale places and to challenge traditional anthropocentric and capitalocentric models. This study unearths circular site stories in Vorselaar’s community-driven sustainability practices and Røros’s integration of cultural heritage in its sustainability approach, highlighting the need for a broader, care-centric perspective in circular economy discourse. The results demonstrate the universality and adaptability of diverse circular economies in fostering narratives of multispecies justice and the need for emphasising multispecies justice and bioregionalism to foster biodiversity, human wellbeing and their need for belonging and ecological citizenship.

How Can Language Education Contribute to Securing a Livable Planet?

AbstractThe aim of this study was to test the notion of ecological citizenship empirically in the English language classroom in an underrepresented region, Latin America. A pedagogic project aimed at the development of students as ecological citizens was designed and implemented in 2019 in four English language classrooms in a public secondary school in Argentina. Participants were 111 teenagers aged 15–17 taking their fourth or fifth years. The project addressed the theme ‘the world we want’ using the UN sustainable development goals as a foundation, in particular, those concerned with environmental issues. The study is theoretically grounded on the notion of ecological citizenship and the research question is: How can language education contribute to securing a livable planet? Data types include Instagram publications (video, text, and a variety of semiotic resources); Instagram comments; student artifacts created in class (graphs, charts, tables, icons); infographics sewed together to make a quilt; a project video; the Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters; and a final student survey. Qualitative analysis was done in three phases and findings indicate that the creative arts and community engagement in combination fostered students' development as ecological citizens in this context. Implications for language education are considered.

Public spaces, street art, and the challenges of feminist ecological citizenship in Chile

ABSTRACT While considerable literature examines the intersection between feminism and ecology, as well as the intersection between feminism and urbanism, few studies address the intersection between feminism and ecology by looking at aesthetic activism in the city. This essay explores the synergies and potential connections between the idea of body/territory and feminist ecological citizenship through the lens of aesthetic expressions in the streets during the 2019 ‘Estallido Social’, a social uprising in Santiago (Chile). I suggest to read three street art/performance vignettes as aesthetic acts of disobedient citizenship. In so doing, the vignettes illustrate the main conceptual proposition of the paper, that is, to demonstrate how the notion of body/territory operates in three different levels – the body, the state, the planet(ary) – and serves to unsettle essentialist forms of care associated to gendered bodies, gendered public spaces, and the gendered nature of ecological struggles faced in and beyond the city. Ultimately, this exercise aims at exploring the potential of the ecofeminist notion of body/territory to stretch the limits of national and ecological citizenship to encompass care.

Effectiveness of waste management site reduce, reuse, recycle program in improving ecological citizenship

Waste Management Site Reuse, Reduce, dan Recycle (3R) aims to process organic and inorganic waste into something that can be reused. The processed results of organic waste are fertilizers that can be used as a medium for fertilizing plants, while the processed results of inorganic waste can be in the form of shopping bags, wall hangings, flower pots, and other handicrafts. In addition to aiming to process organic and inorganic waste into something useful, another goal of Waste Management Site Reuse, Reduce, dan Recycle (3R) is also to help employ the surrounding community members of the beneficiary community. The main purpose of the Waste Management Site Reuse, Reduce, dan Recycle (3R) program is to improve the ecological citizenship of the community. This research uses qualitative methods to obtain the required data. This study’s results indicate that the Waste Management Site Reuse, Reduce, dan Recycle (3R) program could have been more effective. There are still many obstacles encountered in the implementation of the program.

Community participation in the electricity network development project in Bekasi from ecological citizenship perspective

This research explores the role of community participation in the electricity network construction project in Bekasi Regency, by viewing it through the lens of ecological citizenship. Ecological citizenship provides a framework for understanding the link between community participation and ecological responsibility in the context of energy infrastructure development. This research adopts a qualitative approach with a focus on in-depth understanding of the dynamics of community participation, influencing factors, and its impact on environmental sustainability. It is hoped that the research results will provide in-depth insight into the extent to which community participation can increase the sustainability of electricity network development projects. In addition, this research also aims to identify factors that influence community ecological participation in the project. Policy implications and recommendations will be generated to guide the development of similar infrastructure projects in the future by considering the ecological citizenship perspective.

Is it possible for sustainability? The case from the new capital city of Indonesia

The decision to relocate the nation’s capital from Jakarta is not without reason. Jakarta, the nation’s capital, is regarded as less than ideal, with numerous issues such as flooding, air pollution, poor water quality, and political and environmental sustainability. This research will be based on the framework of ecological citizenship to investigate active citizens. The lesson from other countries that relocate their capital city as a comparison. This research uses a qualitative research method with a literature study type of research. reviewing several previous studies on citizenship and academic texts on moving the nation’s capital, studies on moving the capital, and legislation on the nation’s capital. This research tries to find how the possibility of environment sustainability in the new capital project. Ecological concerns have not been on the agenda of public discussion. Moreover, this research provides more information on the opportunity of ecological citizenship community in Indonesia’s new capital city project, in the context of the sustainability agenda.

Natural rights on the book “Silent Springer” Critical Review of Ecological Citizenship

Natural rights on the book “Silent Springer” Critical Review of Ecological Citizenship

Becoming an Ecological Citizen: The Concept of an Ecological Citizen in the movie Avatar

Avatar intricately intertwines ecological resistance and citizenship themes on Pandora, presenting a rich avenue for ecological scholarship. Despite its cinematic prowess, there is a research gap in understanding the film's impact on ecological consciousness. This paper aims to explore Avatar within the context of environmental cinema, analyzing its portrayal of ecological themes. Recent trends in film studies demonstrate a growing interest in such intersections, making Avatar a pertinent subject for investigation. Experts like Levinas, Dobson, and Rousseau are selected for their profound insights into ethics, environmental citizenship, and the human-nature relationship, offering relevant, authoritative, and influential perspectives that align with the research goals. By examining existing literature on the urgency of ecological awareness and critical reviews, the paper aims to uncover the film's influence on ecological attitudes. The implications extend to environmental advocacy and education, emphasizing the potential of popular media, like Avatar, to shape attitudes toward sustainable coexistence and ecological citizenship. Integrating Avatar into educational curricula has the potential to enhance environmental literacy among students, fostering a deeper understanding of ecological issues and inspiring proactive engagement. By leveraging the film's themes of interconnectedness and ecological stewardship, educators can instill values of environmental responsibility and citizenship in future generations.

Ecological citizenship education movement through the Pining Tiger Forum community in forming environmental awareness

Ecological citizenship is a concept that developed in response to environmental challenges that encourages people and groups to actively contribute to preserving and protecting the environment in response to the challenges facing the environment on a global scale. The Harimau Pining Forum Community is an environmental community that focuses on creating awareness and action towards environmental conservation in the Leuser area, Aceh. The aim of this research is to find out how the ecological citizenship movement through the Pining Tiger Forum community creates environmental awareness in the people of the Lueser area, Aceh. This research used a descriptive qualitative method, the data sources in the research were 10 people consisting of the Chair of the Pining Tiger Forum, Secretary of the Pining Tiger Forum, Head of Pining Village, Secretary of Pining Village, Bhabinkamtibmas of Pining Village, and 5 Pining Village Community members. Data collection techniques use interviews, observation and documentation. The results of this research show that the Pining Tiger Forum community has formed environmental awareness in the people of the Leuser area, Aceh through Didong art performances, deliberations/mupakat, socialization and the installation of banners in strategic areas in the Leuser area of Aceh with poetry/themes on environmental values.

IPA기법을 통한 유아교사의 기후변화 교수역량 분석

This study examined the importance and implementation of climate change teaching competencies for early childhood teachers. An IPA analysis was conducted to examine the priorities of educational content to strengthen early childhood teachers' climate change teaching capabilities. For this study, questionnaires were distributed and collected online to early childhood teachers working in kindergartens in Chungcheongbuk-do and Gyeonggi-do. The final research subjects sampled were 51 people. As a result of this study, looking at the difference between the current level and importance of early childhood teachers' climate change response practice competency and ecological citizenship competency, there was a significant difference. The importance of overall climate change response capabilities and ecological citizenship capabilities was higher than the current level. And looking at the results of the IPA analysis of early childhood teachers' climate change response practice capabilities, the strengthening and maintenance of teaching capabilities was found to be the will to implement climate change and climate change sensitivity. The capacity that requires intensive management was found to be the ability to reflect on climate change. According to the IPA analysis results among early childhood teachers' teaching competencies on ecological citizenship, the competency that required intensive management was participation, and the competency that required gradual improvement was justice. Through the results of this study, climate change teaching capabilities necessary for early childhood teachers were derived and the direction of teacher education for this was discussed.

인류세 시대, 교육에 관한 생태학적 고찰: 브뤼노 라투르의 근대 비판과 정치생태학을 중심으로

The Anthropocene, first proposed by Crutzen and Stoermer in 2000, has been actually felt as a concrete reality over the past 20 years. Global impacts of human activities, which have significantly increased since the Industrial Revolution, have led to a serious ecological crisis, and aroused critical reflections on modernity based on anthropocentricism. This study focuses on the critique of modernity and political ecology by Bruno Latour (1947―2022), for the purpose of establishing reflective points and theoretical foundations on education to proceed toward a path for ecologization in times of crisis. His political ecology begins with a critique of modern dualism and purification, which has separated nature from human society and culture. He focuses on the interdependence and network of inhabitants, living within the system of engenderment of the Earth, which is called “Gaia,” emphasizing the agency of non-humans and the symmetrical relationship between humans and non-humans. He also explores the possibilities of solidarity of a new ecological class in the direction of ecologization, concerning the habitability of vulnerable beings. Through an analysis of his critique of modernity and political ecology, this study suggests alternative points of education in Korean society from modern self-reliance to the relational ethics of interdependence and from economic values to ecological values. It then proposes educational transformation to seek ecological citizenship and expanded democracy, which concern the habitability of vulnerable beings and represent their ontology.

The Implementation of A School Based on A Wetland Environment From An Ecological Citizenship Perspective

Humans and the environment are two things that are interconnected and cannot be separated from each other. Educating people who are aware of the importance of the environment certainly requires effort. One of them is through educational institutions. This study uses a qualitative approach by presenting data from research results. Processed and presented qualitatively. This study used observation data collection techniques, interviews and documentation. Analysis of the research data used interactive model analysis techniques (interactive model of analysis) from Miles and Huberman. In this interactive analysis model, the researcher moves on three components, namely data reduction, data display and verification. The results of this research found that the Adiwiyata Middle School curriculum always prioritizes the active involvement of all school members in environmental conservation. The organization at the Adiwiyata school in Banjarmasin City has one of its missions, namely environmental preservation. The existence of an environmentally based curriculum will create a new culture, namely an environmental culture where school residents will be more aware of the importance of protecting the environment.

Penguatan ecological citizenship berbasis Sungai sebagai upaya mewujudkan karakter peduli lingkungan di Kelurahan Kasang

The aim of this research is to identify barriers to achieving environmentally conscious behavior in Kasang Village, Jambi City, and how to improve river-based eco-citizenship to foster environmentally conscious character in the community. A descriptive approach was used in this qualitative research. Interviews, observations and documentation were the data collection methods used in this research, which involved two RT heads and ten residents as informants. The data analysis methods used include reduction, data display and drawing conclusions. The results of this research indicate that strengthening river-based ecological citizenship in Kasang Village, Jambi City, researchers carried out additional outreach regarding strengthening ecological citizenship regarding rivers, ethical and moral procedures for the community in dealing with the environment and overcoming environmental problems. The community is aware of the obligation to protect rivers by disposing of rubbish in temporary dumping sites and recycling rubbish for learning in schools and the obstacles in strengthening ecological citizenship. There are no special government programs for protecting the river environment. There are only environmental programs around the river basin