Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2014

Publication Title

Environmental Education Research

Volume

20

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Abstract

Environmental issues are a shared human concern as communities in all nations and geographic regions are grappling with environmental degradation. Despite this concern, there are multiple different viewpoints on the current state of environmental issues and how to understand these problems. Understanding how different communities conceive of the environment and sustainability is paramount in efforts to increase the frequency of environmentally conscious choices. If an awareness of others’ perspectives of the environment is lacking, then the development of sustainable choices is placed at risk because of potentially competing views of what sustainability means in a particular context. As such, solutions to these environmental problems are frequently viewed as ‘wicked problems.’ This study investigates the shared and divergent environmental viewpoints of teachers and community members in Kenya. This study utilized photo-methodologies and qualitative in vivo analysis. The shared viewpoints were on positive and negative notions of environmental issues. The divergent viewpoints were on solutions that included types of innovations and amount of government involvement.

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This manuscript has been published in the journal Environmental Education Research . Please find the published version here (note that a subscription is necessary to access this version):

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504622.2014.966660#.VRAP2-GQfhV

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