SUST 510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Small Victories, Sustainable Development, Media Studies
21 Jan 2019
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The consider sustainability communication from diverse disciplinary perspectives. To clarify the purpose of communicating sustainability. Sharing a vision for a better future. Sustainability communication as an integrated and practice-oriented approach. Education (environmental education and education for sustainability) Sustainability issues are wicked" (i. e. complex, inter-related, invisible", unacknowledged, uncertain, denied, dynamic, distant in time and space ) Responses concern change and action across multiple sectors. Responses need to be adaptive and underpinned by learning (vs. maladaptive or manipulative) High stakes - catastrophic consequences on a global scale. Ex: nuclear energy, aids epidemic, international drug trafficking, climate change. New modes of doing research & communicating. Broaden info base & better implementation of solutions. Debate values around the issues & reach understanding of perspectives on them. In, about and for in= field trip, about= in class, for= apply to some action. Combining for increased impact logos (logic & reason) ethos (character, credibility & trust) Effect of socio-cultural contexts e. g. technology, governance, education.
