Nature and Nurture: Teaching Eco-Pragmatism to High-School Students at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic

By propagating a hands-off “cathedral” or “art museum” view of nature, many environmentalists are missing an opportunity to further their cause. According to some recent critiques, only when environmentalism returns to its aboriginal roots, fully appreciating the immediate usefulness of all parts of...

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Main Authors: Doucette, Claude, Ransom, Peggy, Kowalewski, David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati Press 2023
Subjects:
environmental education
Arctic
camps
winter
eco-pragmatism
indigenous knowledge
Online Access:https://journals.uc.edu/index.php/cye/article/view/6832
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spelling ftunivcincinnati:oai:ojs.journals.uc.edu:article/6832 2023-05-15T14:43:57+02:00 Nature and Nurture: Teaching Eco-Pragmatism to High-School Students at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic Doucette, Claude Ransom, Peggy Kowalewski, David 2023-02-28 application/pdf https://journals.uc.edu/index.php/cye/article/view/6832 eng eng University of Cincinnati Press https://journals.uc.edu/index.php/cye/article/view/6832/5479 https://journals.uc.edu/index.php/cye/article/view/6832 Children, Youth and Environments; Vol. 17 No. 4 (2007): Children, Youth and Environments; 227-236 1546-2250 10.7721/chilyoutenvi.17.issue-4 environmental education Arctic camps winter eco-pragmatism indigenous knowledge info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftunivcincinnati https://doi.org/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.17.issue-4 2023-03-02T18:22:31Z By propagating a hands-off “cathedral” or “art museum” view of nature, many environmentalists are missing an opportunity to further their cause. According to some recent critiques, only when environmentalism returns to its aboriginal roots, fully appreciating the immediate usefulness of all parts of the natural world, can it reach its potential. The present paper describes a winter camp for high school students in the Canadian Arctic, where students, under the mentorship of aboriginal instructors, were fully able to immerse themselves in such an eco-pragmatic experience. The paper then details the effects of the camp on students and the wider community. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Journals@UC (University of Cincinnati) Arctic
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topic environmental education
Arctic
camps
winter
eco-pragmatism
indigenous knowledge
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Arctic
camps
winter
eco-pragmatism
indigenous knowledge
Doucette, Claude
Ransom, Peggy
Kowalewski, David
Nature and Nurture: Teaching Eco-Pragmatism to High-School Students at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic
topic_facet environmental education
Arctic
camps
winter
eco-pragmatism
indigenous knowledge
description By propagating a hands-off “cathedral” or “art museum” view of nature, many environmentalists are missing an opportunity to further their cause. According to some recent critiques, only when environmentalism returns to its aboriginal roots, fully appreciating the immediate usefulness of all parts of the natural world, can it reach its potential. The present paper describes a winter camp for high school students in the Canadian Arctic, where students, under the mentorship of aboriginal instructors, were fully able to immerse themselves in such an eco-pragmatic experience. The paper then details the effects of the camp on students and the wider community.
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author Doucette, Claude
Ransom, Peggy
Kowalewski, David
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Ransom, Peggy
Kowalewski, David
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title Nature and Nurture: Teaching Eco-Pragmatism to High-School Students at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic
title_short Nature and Nurture: Teaching Eco-Pragmatism to High-School Students at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic
title_full Nature and Nurture: Teaching Eco-Pragmatism to High-School Students at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic
title_fullStr Nature and Nurture: Teaching Eco-Pragmatism to High-School Students at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Nature and Nurture: Teaching Eco-Pragmatism to High-School Students at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic
title_sort nature and nurture: teaching eco-pragmatism to high-school students at a winter camp in the canadian arctic
publisher University of Cincinnati Press
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