The Stories of “Plants for Space” Exploring Intentionally Positive and Sustainable Futures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21570521 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frazer Thorpe (0000-0003-3478-9321, La Trobe University, corresponding author), Kim Johnson (0000-0001-8334-2417, La Trobe University), Kim L Johnson (0000-0001-6917-7742, La Trobe University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 565-584 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Environmental Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0814-0626 • E-ISSN: 2049-775X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/aee.2025.10065 |
| OpenAlex | W4414214774 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
Impending doom. Fire, drought, floods. This is the image of the environmental future our young people are shown and often set the challenged of “What are you going to do about it.” This is an enormous quest. It is directionless ambition without structure. It is the illusion of agency for change. This article showcases the design decisions of curricula and reflections on using of range of cli-fi and concludes with a set of continua that may help fellow educators in developing cl-fi learning activities including storytelling cards, design sprints, and sci-fi prototyping. They are iterations in the reflective approach to creating experiences that envision positive outcomes. These activities draw on research from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plants for Space (P4S), which explores sustainable agriculture in extreme environments, like lunar habitats. P4S operates at the intersection of plants, people, technology, and sustainability, fostering critical and creative thinking. By framing sustainable futures in space context, we aim to alleviate environmental anxiety, encourages optimistic, innovative thinking, unconstrained by biological and societal norms. Climate fiction becomes a tool for imagining and realising new technologies, enabling students to create and critique possibilities beyond Earth’s current limitations
Citizen journalism · Curriculum · Excellence · Futures contract · Futures studies · Project commissioning · Storytelling · Animal and Plant Science Education · Climate Change Communication and Perception
| Highly cited | No |
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