Singer / Gannon / Noguchi Education for Sustainability in Japan

Resilience to Disasters for Sustainable Communities
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-50444-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

With its emphasis on individual and community responsibility, empowerment and activism, ESD has particular relevance for Japan, where NGOs and some other civil society organizations remain relatively weak and the public has traditionally trusted in the government to make the decisions that protect their health and economic well-being. To date it has taken natural or man-made disasters, including four major industrial pollution scandals, the Kobe earthquake of 1995 and the triple disaster in Tohoku, to spur individuals and localities to act to achieve more sustainable communities.

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) approaches are holistic and interdisciplinary, values-driven, participatory, multi-method, locally relevant and emphasize critical thinking and problem-solving. This book explains how ESD approaches work in the Japanese context; their effects on different stakeholders; and their ultimate potential contribution to society in Japan. It considers ESD in both formal and informal education sectors, recognizing that even when classroom learning takes place it must be place-based and predicated on a specific community context. The book explores not only "Why ESD", but why and how ESD in Japan has gained importance in the past decade and more recently in the wake of the triple disaster of March 2011. It considers how ESD can help Japan recover and adapt to disasters and take initiative in building more resilient and sustainable communities.

This volume asks the questions: What are some examples of positive contributions by ESD to sustainability in Japan? What is the role of ESD in Japan in activating people to demand and work towards change? How can schools, universities and non-governmental organisations link with communities to strengthen civic awareness and community action? Part one of this volume looks at the formal education sector in Japan, while part two examines community-based education and sustainability initiatives. Part three turns to Japan’s troubled Tohoku region three years on from the events of March 2011, to explore recovery and revitalization efforts by schools, NGOs and residents.

This is an invaluable book for postgraduate students, researchers, teachers, policy makers working on Education for Sustainability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singer, Jane

Gannon, Tracey

Noguchi, Fumiko

Mochizuki, Yoko

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Past trends, current status and future prospects for ESD in Japan Part 1: Rethinking ESD in Japan 1. Lessons from an environmental disaster 2. Youth as "change agents" for a sustainable and resilient society 3. Educating for change 4. Linking learning, working and living 5. Linking ESD with our rapidly globalizing formal education 6. Joint city and schools’ ESD program for studying Nara’s unique cultural heritage Part 2: Rethinking community-based ESD 7. ESD in the local community development context 8. Multi-stakeholder community education through environmental learning programs in Nishinomiya 9. Citizen participation for "machizukuri" in Zushi city 10. Revitalization for Japan’s genkai shuraku (dying villages) 11. Place-based education in light with revitalizing rural communities in Niigata Part 3: Rethinking ESD in Tohoku 12. Designing a "Supplementary Reader on Radiation" to cultivate critical thinking ability 13. Rethinking ESD through Disaster Recovery in Tohoku 14. The growth of civil society and NGO responses in Tohoku 15. Energy environmental education in Japanese elementary schools 16. Mobilizing Tohoku citizens to protect local ecosystems 17. Tohoku Green Renaissance Initiative For A Sustainable Society 18. Green rebuilding in Tohoku 19. Global implications for ESD and disaster risk reduction education Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jane Singer is associate professor of resource governance and participatory development at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES), Kyoto University. She is a member of the nationwide association Higher Education for Sustainable Development Forum and the campus-wide working group for campus sustainability at Kyoto University.

Tracey Gannon is associate professor of environmental communication studies at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University. She currently leads the Tertiary Education for Sustainable Development Initiative – a project that aims to develop a comprehensive, widely replicable approach for tertiary-level sustainability education.

Fumiko Noguchi has been working in the field of environmental education and ESD for nearly twenty years. She has been working for the Japan Council on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD-J) as the International Programme Coordinator since 2004.

Yoko Mochizuki is Head of Curriculum Team at UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in New Delhi, India.