Vertical Gardens: Sustainability, Youth Participation, and the Promotion of Change in a Socio-Economically Vulnerable Community in Brazil

Autor/inn/en	do Valle Santos, Waleska Carolina; Singh, Diandra; Delgado Leandro da Cruz, Livia; de Carvalho Piassi, Luis Paulo; Reis, Giuliano
Titel	Vertical Gardens: Sustainability, Youth Participation, and the Promotion of Change in a Socio-Economically Vulnerable Community in Brazil
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 9 (2019), Artikel 161 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (de Carvalho Piassi, Luis Paulo) ORCID (Reis, Giuliano)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; After School Programs; Youth Programs; Science Programs; Disadvantaged Youth; Sustainability; Gardening; Attitude Change; Program Effectiveness; Urban Areas; Interpersonal Relationship; Science Education; Social Change; Environmental Education; Justice; Adolescents; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Jugendsofortprogramm; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Nachhaltigkeit; Gartenarbeit; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Sozialer Wandel; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Gerechtigkeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Brasilien
Abstract	This article is situated within the intersection of education for social transformation (EST) and ecojustice education (EJE). We have described the benefits of youth participation in an after-school science program offered to socio-economically vulnerable populations in São Paulo (Brazil). More specifically, we explored participants' changing views of sustainability as they engaged in a 24-week project of their choice: The cultivation of a vertical herb garden. The analysis of our discussions and extensive field notes revealed that during the time participants cared for the garden, they developed: (a) A more accurate (refined) conceptualization of sustainability, (b) an appreciation for alternative and viable ways of producing food in urban settings, and (c) a stronger relationship with one another. In the end, involvement in the vertical garden project proved to be a powerful example of how science education can transform the livelihood of youth by expanding their views on human interconnectedness with all forms of life. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01