From environmental literacy to transdisciplinarity

Chapter overviewThis chapter defines environmental literacy and how it is related to information acquisition, becoming aware of environmental impacts, identifying possible changed actions (mitigation), anticipating rebound effects from changed actions, and becoming capable of forming a sustainable c...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inEnvironmental Literacy in Science and Society pp. 15 - 28
Main Author Scholz, Roland W.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.07.2011
Online AccessGet full text
ISBN0521192714
0521183332
9780521192712
9780521183338
DOI10.1017/CBO9780511921520.005

Cover

More Information
Summary:Chapter overviewThis chapter defines environmental literacy and how it is related to information acquisition, becoming aware of environmental impacts, identifying possible changed actions (mitigation), anticipating rebound effects from changed actions, and becoming capable of forming a sustainable coupling of human and environmental systems.We identify what type of epistemics (experiencing, understanding, conceptualizing, and explaining) and types of knowledge integration are at work in environmental literacy. Transdisciplinarity is briefly defined and seen as a central means of societal capacity building for sustainable transitions.
ISBN:0521192714
0521183332
9780521192712
9780521183338
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511921520.005