ERIC Number: EJ1402455
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0095-8964
EISSN: EISSN-1940-1892
Exploring Environmental Stewardship among Youth from a High-Biodiverse Region in Colombia
Couceiro, Daniel; Hristova, Ivona Radoslavova; Tassone, Valentina; Wals, Arjen; Gómez, Camila
Journal of Environmental Education, v54 n5 p306-324 2023
Nature degradation is rooted in the disruption of the human-land connection. Its restoration requires the regeneration of environmental stewardship as a way to live within environmental limits, especially for younger generations. In this study we used the implementation of a year-round, non-formal environmental education program during COVID-19 times to explore environmental stewardship in adolescents between 14- and 18-years old from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Using a qualitative methodology, we mapped expressions of environmental stewardship among local youth. We found several barriers that can be challenged and levers that can be nurtured through inclusive, place-based and collaborative environmental education strategies to foster youth's environmental stewardship in Colombian's high-biodiverse regions.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment), Nonformal Education, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Barriers, Biodiversity, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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