University Centers for Teaching and Learning should use this book to generate meaningful discussions of curriculum transformation wherever possible. Ignored for far too long by leaders of the major social institutions around the world, this book poses the question of whether the academy will belatedly tackle the urgent policies and actions necessary to ameliorate the ecological destruction wrought by predatory capitalism.
David Naguib Pellow, Author of Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago Critical, crucial, and challenging, this book initiates a dialogue essential to the survival of our planet and all the species on it, including our own. Greening the Academy is a clarion call for deep green approaches to thinking, teaching, research, and action that can make a dramatic and positive difference for the future of all species. Craig Rosebraugh, Author of Burning Rage of a Dying Planet Many of the most important forces for social change in human history have taken root in our universities, and today the academy is a crucial site where scholars are working to integrate ecological sustainability and social justice. A must read for anyone seriously interested in making a difference in the world. Greening of the Academy provides a much-needed analysis focusing on the importance of these issues as a means to progress global peace and justice issues.
"WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT GREENING THE ACADEMY The necessity of linking together single issue social justice pursuits cannot be overstated, nor can the crucial role higher education must play in helping to solve international social justice dilemmas.
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