Meta-Reflection

Meta-Reflection Video Script: When I registered for this class, I imagined it to be a class in which they taught us how to teach about the environment in a school setting. Since I didn’t have environmental science in high school,…

CJ #4: Decolonizing Encounters

The Indigenous peoples are well-known for their love of nature and relationships with it, which is why I believe it should play a huge role in environmental education classes. Instead, people tend to separate socio-cultural and environmental education, thinking they…

CJ #3: The Canoe Pedagogy

Liz Newberry’s article Canoe Pedagogy and Colonial History: Exploring Contested Spaces of Outdoor Environmental Education mentions that the Euro-westernized way of teaching focuses more on the details of the fur trade and the daily lives of voyageurs during colonialism. Although these are…

CJ #2: Reciprocity with the Land

After looking through topics on how to disrupt climate change, I really liked the idea of gardening. When I was younger, I would often help my mom in the garden. I remember pulling out weeds, picking carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and…

CJ #1: What is the Environment?

When I read the question “what does the environment mean to you?” I thought of many things. To me, the word “environment” basically means our surroundings. For example, it could be an indoor environment such as home or school or…