C.A. Bowers

Writings on Education, Eco-Justice, and Revitalizing the Commons

The Ecojustice Press was established for the purpose of enabling readers to have access to ideas that address such critical issues as the environmental crises, the globalization of market liberalism that is undermining what remains of the world’s diverse cultural and environmental commons, and the rise of various forms of fundamentalist based authoritarianism that are weakening our democratic traditions. As the thinking of most editors and reviewers is still based on the cultural assumptions that underlie these global trends, and as the market along with the need to enforce political correctness have increasingly become the main criteria for determining whether a book will be published, the Ecojustice Press offers a viable alternative to these further restrictions on the cultural commons. The Press will be host to other online books that address the educational reforms that will help to reverse or at least challenge these trends. As part of the commons the books may be downloaded without charge.

CHAPTER TITLES OF ONLINE BOOKS

As it is currently necessary to download the entire book in order to identify which chapters might be of most interest, this list of chapter titles is meant to provide a more accessible guide for locating analyses of different issues and reform proposals.

University Reform in an Era of Global Warming

Chapter 1 Rethinking the Mission of the University

Chapter 2 Slowing the Rate Environmental Degradation

Chapter 3 Conceptual Double Binds that Must Be Addressed in Reforming Higher Education

Chapter 4 The Slippery Slope of Double-Bind thinking

Chapter 5 The Platonic Roots of the Double Binds that are Deepening the Ecological Crises

Chapter 6 University Reforms that Address Ecological Interconnections and Dependencies

Chapter 7 The Cultural Mediating Role of the Professor—Across the Disciplines

Toward a Post-Industrial Consciousness: Understanding the Linguistic Basis of Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Western Philosophy, Language, and the Titanic Mind-Set that has Put Us on a Collision Course With Environmental Limits

Chapter 3 The Linguistic Colonization of the Present by Past Thinkers Who Were Unaware of Environmental Issues

Chapter 4 How the Linguistic Complicity of George Lakoff Supports the Market Liberal’s Agenda for Enclosing the Cultural and Environmental Commons

Chapter 5 The Double Bind of Environmentalists Who Identify Themselves as Liberals

Chapter 6 Revitalizing the Cultural Commons in an Era of Political and Ecological Uncertainties

Chapter 7 Toward an Ecologically Sustainable Vocabulary Appendix: Handbook for Faculty Workshops on How to Introduce Cultural Commons and Ecojustice Issues into Their Courses

Transforming Environmental Education: Making the Renewal of the Cultural and Environmental Commons the Focus of Educational Reform

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2. Integrating Environmental Education into Commons Education

Chapter 3: Teaching Sustainable Cultural Assumptions

Chapter 4: The Classroom Practice of Commons Education

Chapter 5: The Political Context of Commons Education

Chapter 6: Toward Culturally-Grounded Approaches to Teaching and Learning

Transitions: Educational Reforms that Promote Ecological Intelligence or the Assumptions Underlying Modernity?

Introduction

Chapter 1 Conceptual Steps to Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms

Chapter 2 E. O. Wilson's Drift into Scientism: The Challenge Facing Science Educators

Chapter 3 The Environmental Ethic Implicit in Three Theories of Evolution

Chapter 4 Why the Lakoff and Johnson Theory of Metaphor Marginalizes the Cultural Issues Related to the Ecological Crises

Chapter 5 Revitalizing the Cultural Commons or an Individualized Approach to Planetary Citizenship: The Choice Before Us

Chapter 6 The Case Against John Dewey as an Environmental and Eco-Justice Philosopher

Chapter 7 Why a Critical Pedagogy of Place is an Oxymoron

Chapter 8 The Double Bind of Environmentalists Who Identify Themselves as Liberals

Chapter 9 The Real Failure of University Faculty

Chapter 10 Rethinking Social Justice Issues Within an Eco-Justice Conceptual and Moral Framework

Chapter 11 Suggestions for a State-Wide Approach to Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms

Chapter 12 What Should be Included in Teacher Education Programs in an Era of Global Warming

Educating for Ecological Intelligence: Practices and Challenges

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Educational Reforms that Foster Ecological Intelligence

Chapter 3 Educating Students About the Political Economy of the Cultural Commons and the Nature of Sustainable Wealth

Chapter 4 The Misuse of Academic Freedom in an Era of Global Warming

Chapter 5 How Computers Contribute to the Enclosure of the Cultural Commons

Chapter 6 The Leadership Role of Deans in Colleges of Education

Essays on Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms

Chapter 1 Making the Transition from Individual to Ecological Intelligence: The Challenge Facing Curriculum Theorists

Chapter 2 The Limitations of the Daniel Goleman/Wal-Mart View of Ecological Intelligence

Chapter 3 The Hidden Roots of Cultural Colonization in Teaching English as a Second Language

Chapter 4 Reflections on Teaching the Course "Curriculum Reform in an Era of Global Warming"

Chapter 5 University Reforms that Contribute to the Revitalization of the Cultural Commons

Chapter 6 The Environmental Ethic in Three Theories of Evolution

Chapter 7 Educating for a Sustainable Future: Mediating Between the Commons and Economic Globalization

Chapter 8 The Imperialistic Agenda of Moacir Gadotti's Eco-Pedagogy

2006 Online Books:

Renewing the Commons: University Reform in an Era of Degraded Democracy and Environmental Crises. Author: C. A. Bowers

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Transforming Environmental Education: Making the Cultural and Environmental Commons the Focus of Educational Reform (revised edition). Author: C. A. Bowers

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2007 Online Books:

Handbook for Faculty Workshops on How to Introduce Cultural Commons and Ecojustice Issues into Their Courses. Author: C. A. Bowers

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Appendix for Handbook. Author: C.A. Bowers

2008 Online Books:

University Reform in an Era of Global Warming. Author: C. A. Bowers

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Toward a Post-Industrial Consciousness: Understanding the Linguistic Basis of Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms. Author: C. A. Bowers

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Transitions: Educational Reforms that Promote Ecological Intelligence
or the Assumptions Underlying Modernity?. Author: C. A. Bowers

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or the Assumptions Underlying Modernity?. Author: C. A. Bowers

2009 Online Books:

Educating for Ecological Intelligence. Author: C. A. Bowers

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Easy Download Version: Framing Faculty Discussions of Ecologically Sustainable Reforms in Colleges and Universities

2010 Online Books:

Essays on Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms, Author: C. A. Bowers

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