Consuming Passions: Educating the Empty Self

Autor/inn/en	Hillcoat, John; van Rensburg, Eureta Janse
Titel	Consuming Passions: Educating the Empty Self
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 30 (2014) 1, S.88-95 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Climate; Ecology; Environmental Research; Conservation (Environment); Economics; Sustainability; Agricultural Colleges; Land Use; Self Concept; Western Civilization; Alienation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Klima; Ökologie; Environmental study; Umweltforschung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Nachhaltigkeit; Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät; Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule; Bodennutzung; Selbstkonzept; Entfremdung
Abstract	The paper considers the connections between the environmental crisis and patterns of consumption in the Western, and Westernised, worlds. These patterns are named as "malconsumption", a concept which is defined and then discussed in terms of its importance to the work of environmental educators. Malconsumption as a means of "meaning-making" and of countering "the empty self", and as a consequence of the activities of the advertising and other industries is explained. The paper closes with a summary of the orientation and activities associated with the practice of permaculture, and a proposition that a consideration of this practice in environmental education might contribute to a countering of the drive towards malconsumption. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Cambridge University Press. 100 Brook Hill Drive, West Nyack, NY 10994-2133. Tel: 800-872-7423; Tel: 845-353-7500; Fax: 845-353-4141; e-mail: subscriptions_newyork@cambridge.org; Web site: http://journals.cambridge.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10