Social sustainability in international green schools: questions, challenges, strengths

• In Event: Roundtable Session (Wednesday II)

Group Submission Type: Refereed Round-Table Session

Proposal

With the expansion of international educational institutions that focus on promoting sustainability agendas worldwide, there is a lack of conversation about the complexities intertwined with the broad and often elusive term "social sustainability." Discussants have researched and/or practiced at “green schools” that incorporate a "whole school approach" to sustainability education in different international contexts: Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Indonesia. The exploration of how these respective institutions conceptualize and enact "social sustainability" - while highlighting the theoretical and practical challenges and successes within each program - will provide a rich cross-context discussion for academics, practitioners, and program developers alike.

Sub Unit

• SIG: Environmental and Sustainability Education

Chair

• Annie E. Montague, University of British Columbia

Individual Presentations

• Complexities of Social Sustainability in International Green Schools: Questions from an Early Childhood Case Study in Indonesia - Annie E. Montague, University of British Columbia

• Problematizing the Definition of Sustainability in Green Schools: Questions from a Case Study in Guatemala - Elisa A. Hartwig, Antigua Green School

• Integration of Education for Sustainability in Low-budget Schools: Examples from a Costa Rician Green School - Estefania Pihen Gonzalez, E4 Education LLC

Discussants

• Annie E. Montague, University of British Columbia

• Elisa A. Hartwig, Antigua Green School

• Estefania Pihen Gonzalez, E4 Education LLC