DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47130-3Isbn: [size=0.75]978-3-319-47129-7

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The present book, “Children and Sustainable Development. Ecological Education in a Globalized World,” represents the fruit of a series of presentations and discussions drawn from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences’ workshop “Children and Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Education,” held at the Vatican in November 2015. This conference was directly inspired by the previous workshop, “Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility,” at which leading scientists gathered at the Pontifical Academy in April 2014 to reflect on the projected impact on society posed by climate change and social justice.

This present tome is organized over five parts and thirty-two chapters, containing contributions written by the speakers on the basis of their presentations at the workshop:
Part I—Environment, Climate and Education
Part II—How Could Education Evolve in a Diversity of Contexts?
Part III—Children, Students and Teachers
Part IV—The Voice of Children and Teenagers on Sustainability and Climate Change
Part V—Values and Perspectives.