Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice

Tema Milstein is Presidential Teaching Fellow at the University of New Mexico, USA. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism, and Affiliate Faculty in the Geography and Environmental Studies Department, as well as the Sustainability Studies Program.Mairi Pileggi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies, and Director of the Gender Studies Program at Dominican University of California, USA.Eric Morgan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at New Mexico State University, USA.

In summary, Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice promises to be a welcome resource for both educators and researchers in making accessible first-hand accounts of transformational EC practices and in the heuristic value of these accounts in responding to what its authors rightly believe are exigencies that call for awareness and intervention in public arenas. As such, this volume warrants serious attention from those who are committed to the ideals of ‘transformative learning’ and the cultivation of ‘ecological citizenship’.James Robert Cox, University of North Carolina, Environmental Education Research Journaul

• Introducing Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice Section One: (Re)conceptualizing the Environmental Communication ClassroomChapter 1. From Negotiation to Advocacy: Linking Two Approaches to Teaching Environmental Rhetoric. Chapter 2. Pedagogy as Environmental Communication: The Rhetorical Situations of the Classroom.Chapter 3. Environmental Communication Pedagogy: A Survey of the Field. Chapter 4. Breathing Life into Learning: Ecocultural Pedagogy and the Inside-Out Classroom. Section Two: Diverse Practices in Teaching Environmental CommunicationChapter 5. The Role of Social Constructionism as a Reflexive Tool in Environmental Communication Education. Chapter 6. "Deep Impressions": The Promise and Possibilities of Intercultural Experiential Learning for Environmental Literacy and Language Attitudes.Chapter 7. Further Afield: Performance Pedagogy, Fieldwork, and Distance Learning in Environmental Communication Courses. Chapter 8. Arts-Based Research in the Pedagogy of Environmental Communication. Chapter 9. Developing Visual Literacy Skills for Environmental Communication. Chapter 10. Teaching Environmental Journalism Though Distance Education. Section Three: Transformative Practice: Nurturing Change AgentsChapter 11. Changing Our Environmental Future: Student Praxis Through Community Inquiry. Chapter 12. Storytelling as Action. Chapter 13. Insider Windows in Nepal: A Critical Pedagogy for Empowering Environmental Change Agents. Chapter 14. Repair Cafés - Reflecting on Materiality and Consumption in Environmental Communication. Chapter 15. Cultivating Pride: Transformative Leadership and Capacity Building in the Rare-UTEP Partnership. Section Four: Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice ToolboxChapter 16. "Moral Vision Statement" Writing Assignment Instructions for Students. Chapter 17. Environmental Privilege Walk: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Chapter 18. An Experiential Approach to Environmental Communication. Chapter 19. Greening Epideictic Speech. Chapter 20. Praxis-based environmental communication training: Innovative activities for building core capacities. Chapter 21. Image(ination) and Motivation: Challenging Definitions and Inspiring Environmental Stakeholders. Chapter 22. Using Infographics.Chapter 23. News Media Analysis. Chapter 24. Newschart Assignment. Chapter 25. Speaking for/to/as Nature. Chapter 26. Creating Emotional Proximity with Environment. Chapter 27. Growing up with Animals (on screens). Chapter 28. The Student-Run Environmental Communication Blog.