“Positioning humans, either now or in the future, as the sole protagonists in the story of the planet re-enforces colonizing relations with nature and looks away from the entangled ethical complexities of our multispecies coexistence.”
Abstract
The global pandemic has shined a spotlight on the entwined nature of our current social, economic, and planetary crises. Situated in the context of environmental education, this essay considers the growing call for education for sustainability to shift from relations of mastery and management to reciprocal relations of care.
Keywords:
Environmental education, earthly relations, climate crisis, pandemic
Dr. Angela Molloy Murphy 