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The aim is to examine how environmental education reflects and shapes responses to the ongoing planetary metacrisis.

March 4, 2026Australian Journal of Environmental EducationOpen Access

Beyond the Metacrisis: Educating for the Future World to Come

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RIRuth Irwin GDGuy Sioui DurandUniversité du Québec à Montréal

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This editorial explores environmental education's role in addressing a planetary metacrisis, suggesting transformative pedagogies for collective futures.

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The aim is to examine how environmental education reflects and shapes responses to the ongoing planetary metacrisis.
Introduces the Special Issue on environmental education and its challenges.
Critiques colonial modernity and neoliberal growth in education.
Analyzes contributions addressing the concepts of progress and individualism.
Highlights the educational paradox of existing systems perpetuating environmental and social crises.
Suggests alternative educational approaches centered on Indigenous and relational perspectives.
Calls for a reworking of curricula to include care, reciprocity, and ecological sustainability.

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Irwin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a7cd8cd48f933b5eeda01d https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2026.10144

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This editorial explores environmental education's role in addressing a planetary metacrisis, suggesting transformative pedagogies for collective futures.

Beyond the Metacrisis: Educating for the Future World to Come

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