Ron Johnston

Dr. Ron Johnston has a PhD in Ecology and Environmental Science.. He was Subject Leader for Science and Sustainability Education on graduate and post-graduate teacher training programmes with the University of South Wales (2002 – 2016). Following this (2016-2018) he was sustainability-science consultant with UNESCO supporting teacher research groups in Sikkim in Himalayan India, embedding sustainability education into state science curricula. He is currently an independent academic and author retaining close links with the University of Wales and UNESCO MGIEP. He has published widely on the role of science in sustainability education  and is currently focussing on the ethical obligations of science as a cultural socioecological enterprise.

Link to publications: https://www.ronjohnstonsustainablefutures.com/publications

Forthcoming:, “Communicating Sustainability:  Science Literacy and Transformative Pedagogies”, in the forthcoming collection edited by Simon Cottle Communicating a World in Crisis. New York: Peter Lang (Johnston, 2024 in press)

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Sustainability Education, Sustainable Development and Learning: Part 2

My own plea is for a cultural shift in pedagogical goals that expresses a less managerial and more sustainable and protective engagement with the ecosystems that we live in rather than prosecuting an obsession of developing them as workers in our service.

September 19, 2024

First Nations Landscape Sculpture North End Gallery Whitehorse Yukon Territory Canada.

Sustainability Education, Learning and Culture: Part 1

The question is to what extent has pedagogical practice perpetuated and endorsed a culture of heedless exploitation to the detriment of all else, with the justification of it being for the common good of humanity.

August 30, 2024