Abstract: This essay explores the role of critical pedagogy in environmental justice education. We discuss the need for teaching a love of nature (biophilia) as an entry point for developing a caring relationship and sense of stewardship with the natural world. Place-based education and ecopedagogy offer liberatory potential to make education more transformative and … [Read more...] about For the Love of Nature: Bringing Environmental Justice to Urban Elementary Students
Author Profile: Brad Rumble
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PrincipalEsperanza Elementary, Los AngelesBrad Rumble is a graduate of UCLA and has served at three elementary schools in the urban core of Los Angeles during his 29- year career with Los Angeles Unified School District. In his first principalship at Leo Politi Elementary, he collaborated with the Los Angeles Audubon Society on the transformation of unused campus space into a native habitat for student study. He was able to do the same at his current school, Esperanza Elementary in the Westlake neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. He is a national fellow of America Achieves and has served on the Principals’ Advisory Board of Scholastic Book Fairs and the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Audubon Society.