Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Introduction by Arran Stibbe and Heather Luna. Part 1 Skills for a Changing World. Ecocriticism: the ability to investigate cultural artefacts from an ecological perspective - by Greg Garrard. Optimisation: the art of personal sufficiency - by John Naish. Grounded Economic Awareness: economic awareness based on ecological and ethical values - by Satish Kumar. Advertising Awareness: the ability to expose advertising discourses that undermine sustainability, and resist them - by Arran Stibbe. Transition Skills: skills for transition to a post-fossil-fuel age - by Stephen Quilley. Commons Thinking: the ability to envisage and enable a viable future through connected action - by Justin Kenrick. Effortless Action: the ability to fulfil human needs effortlessly through working with nature - by Ling Feng. Permaculture Design: designing our lives with nature as the model - by Patrick Whitefield. Community Gardening: skills for building community and working within environmental limits - by Alma Clavin. Ecological Intelligence: viewing the world relationally - by Stephen Sterling. Systems Thinking: the ability to recognise and analyse the interconnections within and between systems - by Glenn Strachan. Gaia Awareness: awareness of the animate qualities of the Earth - by Stephan Harding. Futures Thinking: the ability to envision scenarios of a more desirable future - by Sue Wayman. Values Reflection and the Earth Charter: the ability to critique the values of an unsustainable society and consider alternatives - by Jeffrey Newman. Social Conscience: the ability to reflect on deeply held opinions about social justice and sustainability - by Myshele Goldberg. New Media Literacy: communication skills for sustainability - by John Blewitt. Cultural Literacy: understanding and respect for the cultural aspects of sustainability - by Kim Polistina. Carbon Capability: understanding climate change and reducing emissions - by Lorraine Whitmarsh, Saffron O'Neill, Gill Seyfang and Irene Lorenzoni. Greening Business: the ability to drive environmental and sustainability improvements in the workplace - by Zoe Robinson. Materials Awareness: the ability to expose the hidden impact of materials on sustainability - by Melinda Watson. Appropriate Technology and Appropriate Design: the ability to design systems, technologies and equipment in an appropriate way - by Mike Clifford. Technology Appraisal: the ability to evaluate technological innovation - by Gavin Harper. Complexity, Systems Thinking and Practice: skills and techniques for managing complex systems - by Dick Morris and Stephen Martin. Coping with Complexity: the ability to manage complex sustainability problems - by Bland Tomkinson. Emotional Well-being: the ability to research and reflect on the roots of emotional well-being - by Morgan Phillips. Finding Meaning without Consuming: the ability to experience meaning, purpose and satisfaction through non-material wealth - by Paul Maiteny. Being-in-the-World: the ability the think about the self in interconnection and interdependence with the surrounding world - by John Danvers. Beauty as a Way of Knowing: the redemption of knowing through the experience of beauty - by Barry Bignell. Part 2 Educational Transformation for Sustainability Literacy. Citizen Engagement - by Geoff Fagan. Re-educating the Person - by Karen Blincoe. Institutional Transformation - by Anne Phillips. A Learning Society - by Kate Davies.

About the Author

Arran Stibbe has an academic background in both humanities and human ecology, and combines the two in his teaching and research into Education for Sustainability. He has published widely in the area of ecolinguistics and is currently a senior lecturer and University Teaching Fellow in the Department of Humanities at the University of Gloucestershire. He is also convenor of the Sustainability in Higher Education Developers group, a network of around 200 sustainability educators across the UK.