Ground Begins Beneath our Feet

In this book Bellino & Burroughs make the case for an EcoJustice approach in education to address growing global and local crises associated with climate change, degradation of the earth's resources due to overconsumption and conventional food production, and the associated loss of cultural and biodiversity. K-8 teachers, teacher educators and pre-service teachers will all find this book valuable as they grapple with how to prepare young people for the socio-environmental challenges ahead. The unique approach of this book, combining the content and skills learned in elementary science and social studies classrooms with an emphasis on EcoJustice, provides a path for developing informed, concerned, critical thinkers who are ready for active engagement to address climate change and the attendant injustices. This book offers a practice-based vision of how this can be accomplished within the parameters of K-8 education.