Blog. Sense Ecology is een duurzaam en praktijkgerciht kunst-onderzoeksproject. Het project onderzoekt alternatieve manieren om het landschap te ervaren, en onderzoekt en ontwikkelt nieuwe methoden en hulpmiddelen voor biodiversiteitsonderzoek. Sense Ecology ontwerpt en ondersteund projecten die zich …

Vanwege de huidige klimaatverandering wordt het steeds belangrijker dat de mensheid duurzamer omgaat met het milieu. Door de duurzame samenleving van de toekomst te stimuleren kan klimaatverandering worden tegengegaan (Sparkman, Howe, & Walton, 2021). Het is hierdoor belangrijk om kinderen vanaf jongs …

Lezing voor masterstudenten kunsteducatie aan de HKU in Utrecht.

Natuur levert een positieve bijdrage aan het welzijn van de mens. Niet alle basisscholen hebben Natuur- en milieueducatie (NME) in hun onderwijsaanbod, terwijl dit een ideale manier is om kinderen van jongs af aan in contact te brengen met de natuur. Het doel van dit onderzoek is om er achter te komen …

Ecocentrism has roots in environmental philosophy, which questions the conceptual dichotomy between humans and the environment, acknowledging nonhuman species' right to flourish independently of human interest (Naess 1973). Generally, ecocentrism refers to a planet- and nature-centered as opposed to …

This chapter examines some of the challenges of unlearning anthropocentrism - i.e. the deep-seated cultural, psychological and enacted prejudices of human specialness - in nature-based early childhood education programs. We begin with a critical exploration of recent trends in environmental philosophy …

Closed loop or ‘circular’ production systems known as Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle represent a unique opportunity to radically revise the currently wasteful system of production. One of the challenges of such systems is that circular products need to be both produced locally with minimum environmental …

This article will discuss liberal arts college students’ perceptions of environmental and ecological justice. Complementing emerging studies of education that tackles human-environment relationships, this article discusses student assignments related to the debates in social/environmental and ecological …

This article explores how concern about animal welfare and animal rights relates to ecological citizenship by discussing student assignments written about the Dutch Party for Animals or PvdD. ‘Animal welfare’, ‘animal rights’, and ‘ecological citizenship’ perspectives offer insights into strategic choices …

The purpose of this dissertation is to document research conducted at The Hague University of Applied Sciences on the topic of environmental education in secondary schools in the Netherlands. As pointed out by the United Nations in 1977, environmental education is necessary to further sustainability. …