Grassroots Approaches to Education for Sustainable Developmen... - 9781350320123

Grassroots Approaches to Education for Sustainable DevelopmentA Comparative Study of the USA and India\nAuthor(s): Radhika Iyengar, Pooja Iyengar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350320123, 978-1350320123\nSynopsis\nThis book showcases and compares grassroots environmental education initiatives and actions in Millburn, New Jersey in the USA, and Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in India. Across the two towns the collective actions discussed include the Fridays For Future strikes, activism through schools green team, plastic clean-up missions, conducting workshops, conferences, and organizing green fairs. \n\nThe authors discuss a range of concepts and ideas that have a broader relevance to local and global environmental education such as global citizenship, climate activism, national and municipal policies, gender, and ecofeminism. They show how the stories of the two towns are connected with sustainable develo.