Young Children and the Environment

Part I: 1. What is early childhood education for sustainability and why does it matter? Julie M. Davis and Sue Elliott; 2. Exploring a nature-sustainability nexus: Australian immersive nature play programs and education for sustainability Fran Hughes and Sue Elliott; 3. Two worlds, one culture: sustaining Dharawal cultural and language practices through play Jodi Edwards; 4. Missing voices: children's understandings of sustainability topics and the 4C pedagogical framework Dr Mia Christensen, Lyndal O'Gorman, Kerryann Walsh and Julie M. Davis; 5. Listening to young children with/in nature: relational, pedagogical, and community approaches that work Ali Black and Lisa Ryan, with Okjong Ji; 6. Practical possibilities and pedagogical approaches in early childhood education for sustainability: Australian perspectives Sue Elliott, Samantha Millard, Lisa Weidenbach, Yvonne Paujik, Linda Price and Rosanne Pugh; 7. Leadership and advocacy through early childhood for sustainability in times of crisis Wendy Boyd and Lisa Palethorpe; 8. Exploring the Sustainable Development Goals: beyond the environmental dimension Lisa J. Sonter, Sharon Kemp, Cherie Lamb and Stephanie Willey; 9. Harnessing children's interest in digital technologies for sustainability learning: catalyst for conversation Jo Bird and Melanie Pearson; 10. Healthy and sustainable environments for children and communities in a changing climate Sue Cooke and Andrea Baldwin; 11. Early learning for sustainability through STEAM Lyndal O'Gorman and Mia Christensen; Part II: 12. How preschool education in Sweden contributes to cultures for sustainability: rights and equity at the core of early childhood education for sustainability Ingrid Engdahl, Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson and Eva AErlemalm-Hagser; 13. Opportunities for early childhood for sustainability in the Americas: engaging with sustainability in early childhood teacher education Victoria Carr, Debra Harwood, Andrew Bernier and Martin Bascope; 14. Sustainability education in early childhood education contexts: insights and alternate perspectives from India, Japan, China and Singapore Sylvia Christine Almedia, Midori Mitsuhashi, Minyi Li, G. Kaveri and Michiko Inoue; 15. Building knowledge and competence to promote sustainability in early childhood education: four European perspectives Eva AErlemalm-Hagser, Diane Boyd, Naomi McLeod, Maria Assuncao Folque and Dr Deniz Kahriman; 16. Using systems thinking to mainstream early childhood education for sustainability Julie M. Davis and Sue Elliott, with Nadine McCrea, Glynne Mackey and Sule Alici.