ERIC Number: EJ1441665
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0095-8964
EISSN: EISSN-1940-1892
Exploring Youth Eco-Literacy through Lived Experiences. 'When You Purchase a Pair of Jeans, You Bear the Burden of Child Labor in South Asia'
Journal of Environmental Education, v55 n5 p363-377 2024
This study explores youth eco-literacy and its role in addressing the climate crisis, consumption, and socio-political challenges. Eco-literacy involves environmental understanding, skills, and critical perspectives, enabling active engagement and informed decision-making. Through geo-social lenses, I examine how Turkish youth participate politically, both online and offline, in climate change and consumerism dialogues, considering local, global, and planetary perspectives. The analysis focuses on young people's interpretive agency, creatively expressing environmental ideologies and shaping values with a political stance characterized by reflexivity, agency, and commitment to daily activism and eco-friendly lifestyles. Qualitative data collection included discussions on daily environmental practices and essays on environmental citizenship, covering eco-literacy sources, responsible actors, and ecological awareness strategies. Findings illustrate how young participants address opportunities and disparities, utilizing the research environment for collective learning and action. The study further investigates young people's showcase of their eco-literacies and advocacy for a public (eco) pedagogy beyond traditional education.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Political Attitudes, Climate, Personal Autonomy, Ecology, Consumer Education, Decision Making, Social Attitudes, Life Style, Activism, Advocacy, Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Knowledge Level, Computer Mediated Communication, Dialogs (Language), Essays, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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