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Eco‐schooling and sustainability citizenship: exploring issues raised by corporate sponsorship
Author(s) -
Huckle John
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/09585176.2013.779286
Subject(s) - citizenship , sustainability , typology , citizenship education , limiting , education for sustainable development , sociology , sustainable development , corporate social responsibility , political science , public relations , politics , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , ecology , anthropology , biology
Eco‐Schools, run by the charity Keep Britain Tidy and sponsored by the corporations ASDAN, EDF Energy, HSBC, and Homebase, are now the major vehicle for education for sustainable development in English schools. This article examines the ways in which corporations shape policy on sustainable development and education and goes on to suggest that corporate sponsorship may be limiting the potential of eco‐schooling to develop sustainability citizenship. It draws on Fielding and Moss%s advocacy of radical education, Dobson%s understanding of sustainability citizenship, and Hayward%s typology of environmental citizenship education, to recommend a more politically realistic approach to eco‐schooling. Lessons from the Eco‐Schools website and from The Pod are examined and revisions suggested to reflect this approach.