Critical Pedagogy, Ecoliteracy, and Planetary Crisis: The Ecopedagogy Movement (Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education)
"Richard Kahn has written a dazzling book with the urgency befitting his focus: the ecological crisis that is already upon us, the looming environmental catastrophe worldwide, and the breathtaking arrogance with which powerful economic forces and their political hirelings miseducate, mislead, and misdirect any honest accounting of the mess we're in, or the broad outlines of what is to be done. Kahn aims to shock us awake, to shake us from our deep, deep and sometimes willful sleep of denial, but that is just his opening salvo. His more ambitious project is to contribute to the creation of a mighty and unstoppable social movement geared toward grounded activism on behalf of a humane, balanced, and livable future. Kahn's ethical vision as well as his clear, compelling representation of ecopedagogy and ecoliteracy will change the way we look at education and struggle in and for democracy. This book is essential reading." --William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Author of  To Teach and Teaching toward Freedom"Richard Kahn is one of the most brilliant young scholars writing in the field of pedagogy today. He is breaking new ground in a powerful and engaged manner that speaks truth to power. Kahn's work will, in many ways, set the standard for pedagogical work in the years to come. We ignore Kahn's work at our peril. This is a timely and urgent work." --Peter McLaren, Professor in Urban Education, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA"Richard Kahn's ecopedagogy courageously challenges educators to place ecoliteracy as the central moral challenge of our times. Our shared hope lies in taking his invitation seriously in our studies. For healing our moral economy and our damaged ecology, Kahn leads the way in regenerating philosophies from which the system has tragically moved further and further away." --Madhu Suri Prakash, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University"This book deals with one of the most important contemporary educational movements: ecopedagogy. In times of crisis convergences--such as the one we are living in, with global warming and profound climatic changes--this book brings an invaluable and accurate contribution, not only to educational theory, but also to the tradition of emancipatory pedagogical practice." --Moacir Gadotti, Director, Paulo Freire Institute, São Paulo, Brazil"Richard Kahn contributes a compelling new voice to debates about how to reimagine a program for North American environmental education. Such a program must redress the marginalization of environmental issues in formal schooling, and do so by bringing a critical, democratic perspective to bear on economic, political, and sociocultural inequality. The current crises in Western modernity make this a rare and opportune moment for students and researchers to explore Kahn's analyses and proposals."  --Sandra Harding, Professor, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA