Environmental Education : Books
A guide on how to teach students about the environment, climate change, and sustainability.
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GENERAL MATERIALS:
Environmental Education
Environmental Sciences
Study and teaching (Elementary)
Climatic Changes
Global Environmental Change
Call Numbers
The general call number range for environmental education materials is:
GE (Environmentalism)
QH101-198, 540-549.5 (Ecology)
QC902.8-903.2 (Climatic Changes)
QC912.3 (Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect)
QC981.8 (Global Warming)
TD169-171.8 (Environmental Protection)
This is true for all MERIT locations: Professional, PreK-12, and Reference Stacks. Below are topical sections highlighting a few of the books at MERIT Library. There are many more general resource books and plenty of content-related books that you can find in the library catalog or by browsing the library;'s shelves in this call number range.
General Books about Environmental Education at MERIT Library
Please note that the following books represent only a sample of what is available at MERIT Library. In order to examine the collection in greater detail, please consult the Library Catalog or visit MERIT Library.
Materials for Students (found in MERIT pre-K-12 stacks):
Environment and Sustainability by
Call Number: GE115 .C46 2017ISBN: 9781422235911Publication Date: 2016-01-01Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have never been more important. In this book, check out many stories from the worlds of the Environment and Sustainability.
Seeds of Change by Call Number: SB63 M22 J646 2010ISBN: 9781600603679Publication Date: 2013-04-01A picture book biography of scientist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman - and first environnmentalist - to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for planting trees in her native Kenya. Detailed narrative and vibrant images paint a robust portrait of this inspiring champion of women's rights and the environment and engagingly capture the people, clothing and landscape of Kenya.One Plastic Bag by
Call Number: HD4485.A358 P38 2015ISBN: 9781467716086Publication Date: 2015-02-01The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred. The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Something had to change. Isatou Ceesay was that change. She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in our world.Energy Island by
Call Number: TJ808.2 D792 2011ISBN: 9780374321840Publication Date: 2011-03-01Hold onto your hats! At a time when most countries are producing ever-increasing amounts of CO2, the rather ordinary citizens of Samsø have reduced their carbon emissions by 140% and become almost completely energy independent.Recycling and Upcycling by
Call Number: GE60 .O84 2016ISBN: 9780531230022Publication Date: 2016-01-15Some of today's most fascinating careers revolve around the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). With this exciting series, readers can get a close look at how people in these careers are helping to build our future.
Climate Migrants by Call Number: GN370 .H57 2017ISBN: 9781467793414Publication Date: 2016-08-01Humans cannot stop climate change altogether. Yet leaders can minimize the damage by curbing carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change and by adapting communities to better withstand climate-related stresses. Even so, for many people, relocation is already a reality. How they adjust to their new homes--and how their new communities adjust to them--will set the stage for a future defined by a warming planet.Exxon Valdez by
Call Number: TD427.P4 B87 2018ISBN: 9780756557430Publication Date: 2018-01-01The biggest oil spill in U.S. history that polluted the pristine waters of Alaska decades ago and killed thousands of birds, mammals, and fish, still haunts the people who are living with its aftermath. Cleanup began immediately but there is still oil in the sound and Alaskans say life will never be the same.
Wangari's Trees of Peace by Call Number: SB63 M22 W56 2008ISBN: 9780152065454Publication Date: 2008-09-21As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something--and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard. And as they grow, so do her plans. . . . This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change. Includes an author's note. This book was printed on 100% recycled paper with 50% postconsumer waste.Polar Vortex and Climate Change by
Call Number: QC994.75 .O77 2018ISBN: 9781634728621Publication Date: 2017-08-01This book relays the factual details of the 2014 polar vortex and climate change through three different perspectives. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event.
Materials for Educators (found in MERIT professional stacks):
Envisioning Futures for Environmental and Sustainability Education by
Call Number: GE70 .E65 2017ISBN: 9789086863037Publication Date: 2017-02-16This edited collection invites educational practitioners and theorists to speculate on--and craft visions for--the future of environmental and sustainability education. It explores what educational methods and practices might exist on the horizon, waiting for discovery and implementation.Socially-Critical Environmental Education in Primary Classrooms by
Call Number: GE70 .E435 2016ISBN: 9783319021478Publication Date: 2015-10-26This book explores the issues of pedagogical change through the experiences of Australian primary school teachers faced with the challenge of implementing an environmental education program in which young students were positioned as active participants in the social processes from which environmentally sustainable practices could be developed.A Pedagogy of Responsibility by
Call Number: LC191 .M2674 2019ISBN: 9781138961555Publication Date: 2018-08-28This book articulates a pedagogy of responsibility as a three-pronged approach grounded in the recognition that our planet balances an essential and fragile interdependence between all living creatures. She calls for imaginative re-thinking of education as an ethical process based in a vision of healthy, just, and sustainable communities.Sustainability, Human Well-Being, and the Future of Education by
Call Number: LB41.5 .S87 2019ISBN: 9783319785790Publication Date: 2018-09-27Today, people are at the controls of the planet--making decisions that are dramatically reshaping social, economic, and environmental systems at a global scale. What is education's purpose in this new reality? What and how must we learn now?Post-Sustainability and Environmental Education by
Call Number: GE70 .P67 2017ISBN: 9783319513218Publication Date: 2017-03-24This critique leads to discussions about how education can be remade, and respond to the educational imperatives of our time, particularly as they relate to ecological crises and human-nature relationships.
