Education, Sustainability and the Ecological Social Imaginary Connec
This book analyses the evidence for global change, and suggests that the Earth is going through a profound transformation, caused in large part by human action. Land, oceans, polar regions and the atmosphere are all being deeply affected by the human popu
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JEFF BUCKLES
Education, Sustainability and the Ecological Social Imaginary
Jeff Buckles
Education, Sustainability and the Ecological Social Imaginary Connective Education and Global Change
Jeff Buckles York St John University York, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-74441-4 ISBN 978-3-319-74442-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74442-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018940524 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Front cover image © Tom Merton / Getty Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To Liz, Julia and Peter for their love and support. To Pet and Tom for the raw material, and to Mike Bottery and Julian Stern for their help and support in shaping it.
Preface
What do the Pope, Paris, ppm and population all have in common? Apart from the letter p? The answer is they all acknowledge global change. • In May 2015 The Pope released the encyclical letter Laudato Si, On Care for our Common Home (Pope Francis 2015), highlighting the harmful impact humankind were having upon the Earth, and what needs to be done to ameliorate that impact. • In September 2016 it was reported (Betts et al. 2016) that the annual mean atmospheric CO2 concentrate at Mauna Loa, Hawaii for 2015 was 400.9 parts per million (ppm), the first time this level had been breached in 4 million years. By February 2018 it had risen to 408ppm (Scripps 2018). It was likely to stay at or above that level, and was caused by ‘anthropogenic emissions arising from fossil fuel burning, deforestation and cement production’ (Betts et al. 2016: 806). • In November 2016 the Paris Agreement was adopted b
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