Culture, denial, recycling, tree-hugging: many registers learning the seriousness of climate change

Burns, Edgar 2024. Culture, denial, recycling, tree-hugging: many registers learning the seriousness of climate change. Presented at: Te Puna Aurei LearnFest Conference 2022, Online, 23-24 November 2022. Published in: Bowell, Tracy, Pepperell, Nicole, Richardson, Anthony and Corino, Maria-Teresa eds. Revitalising Higher Education: Insights from Te Puna Aurei LearnFest 2022. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press, pp. 95-102. 10.18573/conf2.l

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Abstract

This chapter explores finding and developing different registers to convey environmental and climate messages to people with different levels of understanding and interest, both inside and outside educational settings. Finding entry points for communicating in multiple ways is more effective than only one or two strategies. Teaching and communication smarts mean gathering ideas from everyone—above us, below us, around us. The teacher is also the learner. This allows, even requires, revitalising and updating our own appreciation and connections to the environment. How do we get across the seriousness of climate change yet also spur people to action not fatalism?

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISBN:	978-1-9116-5350-9
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 June 2024
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2025 09:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169731

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