Janice Kroeger is Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Teaching at Kent State University, USA.Casey Y. Myers is Coordinator of Studio & Research Arts and Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Kent State University, USA.Katy Morgan is a doctoral candidate in social studies and curriculum and instruction at Kent State University, USA.

• Introduction: why nurture nature and the environment with young children? Part I Worldly longing(s) 1. Uneasy assemblages of childearthbodies 2. Renarrativizing our earth-centeredness: a perspective from Aotearoa (New Zealand) 3. Environmental justice in the shadow of the hyperobject: reflections from (not) saving the community garden Part II Earth-indigeneity: place and pedagogies 4. Place sensitive pedagogy and the importance of traditional knowledges in Sámi early childhood institutions 5. Turkana indigenous knowledge as narrated by Turkana Elders: implications for early childhood curriculum in pastoralist communities in Kenya 6. The call to nature permaculture project 7. This is my dad and he’s a scrapper: curriculum, economics and clout in kindergarten 8. Eating for ecoliteracy: the social praxis of sustainability at a residential environmental education center Part III Sustainable futures: new terrestrial collectives 9. Nature can be dead and alive: Pachysandra is a bad guy 10. Imagine sustainable futures: experimental encounters between young children and vibrant recycled matter 11. Gardening with children and pre-service teachers: considering terrestrialcollective(s) in action

Janice Kroeger is Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Teaching at Kent State University, USA.Casey Y. Myers is Coordinator of Studio & Research Arts and Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Kent State University, USA.Katy Morgan is a doctoral candidate in social studies and curriculum and instruction at Kent State University, USA.

• Introduction: why nurture nature and the environment with young children? Part I Worldly longing(s) 1. Uneasy assemblages of childearthbodies 2. Renarrativizing our earth-centeredness: a perspective from Aotearoa (New Zealand) 3. Environmental justice in the shadow of the hyperobject: reflections from (not) saving the community garden Part II Earth-indigeneity: place and pedagogies 4. Place sensitive pedagogy and the importance of traditional knowledges in Sámi early childhood institutions 5. Turkana indigenous knowledge as narrated by Turkana Elders: implications for early childhood curriculum in pastoralist communities in Kenya 6. The call to nature permaculture project 7. This is my dad and he’s a scrapper: curriculum, economics and clout in kindergarten 8. Eating for ecoliteracy: the social praxis of sustainability at a residential environmental education center Part III Sustainable futures: new terrestrial collectives 9. Nature can be dead and alive: Pachysandra is a bad guy 10. Imagine sustainable futures: experimental encounters between young children and vibrant recycled matter 11. Gardening with children and pre-service teachers: considering terrestrialcollective(s) in action

Janice Kroeger is Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Teaching at Kent State University, USA.Casey Y. Myers is Coordinator of Studio & Research Arts and Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Kent State University, USA.Katy Morgan is a doctoral candidate in social studies and curriculum and instruction at Kent State University, USA.

• Introduction: why nurture nature and the environment with young children? Part I Worldly longing(s) 1. Uneasy assemblages of childearthbodies 2. Renarrativizing our earth-centeredness: a perspective from Aotearoa (New Zealand) 3. Environmental justice in the shadow of the hyperobject: reflections from (not) saving the community garden Part II Earth-indigeneity: place and pedagogies 4. Place sensitive pedagogy and the importance of traditional knowledges in Sámi early childhood institutions 5. Turkana indigenous knowledge as narrated by Turkana Elders: implications for early childhood curriculum in pastoralist communities in Kenya 6. The call to nature permaculture project 7. This is my dad and he’s a scrapper: curriculum, economics and clout in kindergarten 8. Eating for ecoliteracy: the social praxis of sustainability at a residential environmental education center Part III Sustainable futures: new terrestrial collectives 9. Nature can be dead and alive: Pachysandra is a bad guy 10. Imagine sustainable futures: experimental encounters between young children and vibrant recycled matter 11. Gardening with children and pre-service teachers: considering terrestrialcollective(s) in action