Using civic ecology education to foster social-ecological resilience: A case study from Southern California

IF 1.7 4区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Environmental Education Pub Date : 2021-11-02 DOI:10.1080/00958964.2021.1999886

B. Maharramli, V. L. Bredow, Lindsay Goodwin

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Environmental education that incorporates civic ecology can contribute to social-ecological resilience through programs designed to advance youth civic leadership and environmental stewardship. This research used an interpretive qualitative approach to study the environmental education activities of a Watershed Avengers at the Ocean Discovery Institute in Southern California that focused on urban canyon stewardship and restoration. The first author conducted ethnographic fieldwork with the Watershed Avengers from fall 2014 through spring 2015. Civic ecology emerged as a concept that resonated with what was observed on the ground and then informed the focus of our study. We found that Ocean Discovery Institute’s strength in developing youth civic leadership was a defining feature that contributed to its other practices of collaborative urban canyon restoration and engagement in community priorities. These findings suggest that environmental education practices can build social-ecological resilience through a focus on youth leadership.

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利用公民生态教育培养社会生态弹性:以南加州为例

融入公民生态学的环境教育可以通过旨在促进青年公民领导力和环境管理的计划，促进社会生态弹性。本研究采用解释性定性方法研究了南加州海洋发现研究所流域复仇者的环境教育活动，该活动侧重于城市峡谷的管理和恢复。第一作者从2014年秋季到2015年春季与流域复仇者联盟一起进行了人种学田野调查。公民生态学作为一个概念出现，它与我们在实地观察到的情况产生了共鸣，然后成为我们研究的重点。我们发现，海洋探索研究所在发展青年公民领导能力方面的优势是一个决定性的特征，这有助于其其他合作城市峡谷修复和参与社区优先事项的实践。这些发现表明，环境教育实践可以通过关注青年领导力来建立社会生态弹性。

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