Published In
Journal of Sustainability Education
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-19-2012
Subjects
Environmental education -- Activity programs, Sustainability -- Study and teaching, Biodiversity
Abstract
In Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education: Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life, Williams and Brown (2011) place living soil at the center of the discourse on sustainability education. One of the seven principles that guides their pedagogy of learning gardens is: valuing biocultural diversity. This photo-essay of elementary students in K-8 schools, explores how 4 inches of soil in the learning gardens can teach about life’s diversity. The author urges humble attentiveness to that which is below our feet seemingly hidden and unnoticed yet teeming with life.
Rights
Journal of Sustainability Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License.
Locate the Document
The article can be found online: http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/4-inches-of-living-soil-teaching-biodiversity-in-the-learning-gardens-a-photo-essay_2012_03/
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12963
Citation Details
Williams, Dilafruz. "4 Inches of Living Soil: Teaching Biodiversity in the Learning Gardens–A photo-essay." Journal of Sustainability Education (2012).