Invitation for online Book Launch Event

10th October 2024: Teaching and Learning in Ecosocial Work:

Teachers and Students as Ecosocial Activists?

📅 Date: Thursday 10th October 2024

⏰ Time: 4:00 PM CET (5:00 PM Finland 3:00 PM Ireland & Portugal)

💻 Location: Online Zoom-link

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• a reminder 1 hour in advance with the Zoom Link
• A Special offer! Get 20% off the printed book or eBook!

Welcome (5min) by Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö

Introduction (10min) by Pieter Lievens

• Materiality and Transition (7min) by Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö
• Eco-Diversity at the Margins (7min) by Alex Skinner
• Rethinking Pedagogy (7min) by Janet Carter Anand and Anish K. R. 
• Stormkop: Nurturing Minds (7min) by Luna Haine
• Greening the Curriculum (7min) by Mary Hurley
• Becoming Environmental Writers (7min) by Mona Livolts
• Water Connects (7min) by Katie McShane

Q&A and closing conclusions (10min) by the editing team

16th October 2024:  Teaching and Learning in Ecosocial Work:
Concepts and Practices

📅 Date: Wednesday 16th October 2024

⏰ Time: 8:00 PM CET  (9:00 PM Finland  7:00 PM Ireland&Portugal)

💻 Location: Online Zoom-link

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If you register your participation in advance you receive:

• a reminder 1 hour in advance with the Zoom Link
• A Special offer! Get 20% off the printed book or eBook!

Welcome (5min) by Catherine Forde

Introduction (10min) by Komalsingh Rambaree

• Learning from Ecosocial Policy (7min) by Joe Whelan
• Learning from Human Rights Practice (7min) by Ingo Stamm
• Reenvisioning Curricula (7min) by Nicole Mattocks
• Sustainability Toolkit (7min) by Joana Gomes
• Mushroom House (7min) by Eduardo Marques
• Contribution of Nature Based SW (7min) by Emmanuelle Larocque
• Ecosocial work in Finland (7min) by Elisa Rainerma

Q&A and closing conclusions (10min) by the editing team

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New book "Teaching and Learning Ecosocial Work" now available

This book aims to champion teaching and learning of ecosocial work in educational institutions which offer social work and related programmes. It is the first book to focus specifically on teaching and learning in ecosocial work and one of the first to incorporate student perspectives on and initiatives in ecosocial work teaching, learning and practice.

Ecosocial work is an evolving framework to learn about and practice social work from the premise that humans are part of the web of life on Earth. While this understanding should guide human activities, current planetary-scale anthropogenic socio-environmental problems such as the climate crisis, ocean acidification, biodiversity and species loss, prove the opposite. Social work and allied professions stem from the same anthropocentric world view and need to reconfigure their relationship to other-than-humans and the planetary limits of existence. This requires in-depth renewal of social work and related professions and an ecosocial/ecological paradigm change in which education is pivotal.

Written by academics, students and practitioners working in different parts of the world and offering interdisciplinary perspectives, the book provides:

• Chapters and case studies on concepts, methods, and experiences of teaching and learning in ecosocial work.
• Discussion of the current terrain of ecosocial work in principle and practice.
• Ideas on the kinds of new thinking ecosocial work requires and on how these can be taught and practiced, promoting economic, social and environmental sustainability.

"This book makes an original and internationally acclaimed contribution to ecosocial work education. As the conduit for preparing social workers to become active agents of ecosocial change, critical attention is given to the importance of education as foundational to this professional endeavour. This book provides essential reading for all social work professionals, scholars, educators, and learning institutions."

Heather Boetto, Associate Professor, Charles Stuart University, Australia

"A comprehensive book about the challenges and opportunities of teaching the ecosocial framework in social work. Various perspectives open up new possibilities for understanding the practices of teaching ecosocial work in different contexts. A strong reading recommendation for anyone interested in understanding and teaching the relationship between social work and environmental issues."

Kati Närhi, Professor, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. 

Welcome

Welcome to social work educators, practitioners, activists and researchers that -all over the world- are currently enforcing or having experience of Ecosocial Work or ecological, environmental and green social work.

Ecosocial work strives towards an overall sustainability transition in social work and beyond. Environmental crises have profound social and economic consequences, increasing social inequality and vulnerability.

Ecosocial work aims to address these crises in social work education and practice. Despite the climate emergency, there are few courses on Ecosocial Work on European social work curricula and many educators, students and practitioners lack knowledge of Ecosocial Work in theory or practice. The purpose of this website is to exchange insights and materials on Ecosocial Work praxis across our network and more widely.

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We invite you to share your publications, courses and practices about Ecosocial Work. Email Pieter on pieter@ecosocialwork.eu to share your material, to invite for project partners, to get in touch with guest speakers or to give suggestions for initiatives for our community. If you are speaking on ecosocial work in a conference or have new publications in this topic, we can share it with our mailinglist (after quality check). We estimate to have a newsletter between 3 and 6 times a year.