Title: Ecopedagogy and the Rights of Nature
Subtitle: Learning to Co-Create a Vibrant Culture of Peace
Subject Classification:  Sustainability, Education, Indigenous Studies  
BIC Classification: JFSL9, JN, RN
BISAC Classification: EDU020000, POL044000, POL033000
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Dec 2025
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-83711-307-1
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-83711-308-8

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Description

Climate change and biodiversity losses challenge us humans to move from extractivism to relationalism – a paradigm shift of the same magnitude as industrialization. Ecopedagogy guides this transformative and mutual learning process by empowering respectful, subjectifying relations to Nature and all its manifestations, including humans. This is mirrored in the recognition of Earth’s ecosystems and species as legal, rights-bearing subjects with intrinsic values and unique contributions to life, rather than merely objects with utility values.

Ecopedagogy and the Rights of Nature have already contributed to revitalising processes in local life systems around the world, where destructive extractivistic behaviors have been transformed to support truly circular economies and regenerative democracies within planetary boundaries. This book explores how they can contribute even more as levers for social movements, cultural transformation, political reprioritizations, economic rethinking as well as legal and structural reorganization – important aspects to realize resilient societies.

What is urgently needed is the forming of a just, sustainable and fulfilling culture, beyond the extraction and consumption paradigm. A relational culture based on trust, collaboration and reciprocity, rather than control, dominance and over-exploitation. A culture that connects human rights with Earth rights, and where we work with Nature rather than against it.

We all have a role to play. Together we can learn to consciously cultivate the holistic practices needed to co-create a diverse, localized and planetary Culture of Peace as a foundation for an ecological civilization. Wherever we are, we can deepen a cultural, ecological leadership to make possible this great learning of our times.

Biography

Author(s):  Martin Hultman is a professor in sociology at Gothenburg University, Sweden. Ingrid Berg and Nikolas Berg are ecopedagogues at Medskaparna/Co-Creative Concepts, Sweden. Hana Begovic is a writer at Earth Advocacy Youth.

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