The Anthropocene as a conceptual tool for education
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In a world where facts are contested, the conceptual tool of the Anthropocene epoch – that is, the dramatic and clearly demonstrable ways humans have changed the Earth system trajectory since the mid-20th century – provides real value for society in general and for education in particular. As a unifying concept, it helps us (a) understand the transformed bioclimatic conditions in which we live, (b) appreciate how fragile they are, how rapidly they are shifting, and their implications for humanity, and (c) explain the importance of containing climatic, biological, and attendant societal runaway effects, through deeper understanding of the Earth system. The Anthropocene as an educational tool can illuminate the web of connections between these themes, but should remain at arm’s length from calls to action
Anthropocene · Deep time · Earth system science · Epoch (astronomy) · Value (mathematics) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?
Safe and just Earth system boundaries
Planetary boundaries
S'orienter dans la description de nos terrains de vie
The Anthropocene as rupture
High-resolution analysis of the varved succession at Crawford lake across the base of the proposed Crawfordian stage and Anthropocene series
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