Ecocritical Theory and Practice Multispecies Thinking in the Classroom Beyond

This book offers educators tangible ways of honoring and attending to multispecies relationships with examples from practice, research on the importance of multispecies relations, and strategies for using multispecies relations to shape an inclusive, hopeful future where all beings can thrive. Sustainability education has typically centered the human-focusing on the changes and paradigm shifts needed to ensure a sustainable future for humans. Yet nonhuman beings, specifically plants and animals, are and have always been central to our lives, prompting wonder, curiosity, sensitivity and awe, as well as being important in their own right. In Multispecies Thinking in the Classroom and Beyond: Teaching for a Sustainable Future the contributors discuss the importance of seeking a more inclusive, more just, and ultimately a more hopeful future. They consider how everyday, entanglements with plants and animals can challenge us and expand our worldview. The contributors consider the importance of reciprocal relationships with plants and animals and provide practical strategies, approaches, and examples of how that looks in practice in all types of educational settings.