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Environmental education research literatures are rich and deep. However, many of the insightful theories and concepts they communicate remain locked away, inaccessible to those working within educational contexts. In this talk Melissa Glackin, Shirin Hine and Sophie Perry as editors explore how the Heartwood essay collection project enabled insights from the dense academic literatures to be freed by educators and shared with friends, family and colleagues. They will present the key interconnected messages running through the essays as to how educators feel about the environmental crisis and the role education ought to play.

The collections are funded by WIPRO STEM education funding, King’s College London, School of Education, Communication & Society’s Research and Impact fund (2023, 2024) and ESRC’s London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership fund (2024).

About the speakers

Melissa Glackin works as a reader in science and environmental education at King’s College London where she leads the MA in STEM Education and the Environmental, Sustainability and the Role of Education module.

Shirin Hine is a PhD candidate at King’s College London. She is exploring contemporary forest school practice in England with a view to understanding its potential contribution towards socially and environmentally equitable forms of environmental education.

Sophie Perry is a PhD candidate at King’s College London. She is exploring how non-formal environmental education programmes influence young people’s perceptions of their role in environmental action.