National Association for Multicultural Education

Running grass will present
Discovering, Including and Integrating Environmental Perspectives and Values in Multicultural Education

This interactive session explores the relationship between cultural and environmental information and the implications for incorporating environmental perspectives and values into multicultural education. Moving from a solid foundation built over the past 25 years, multicultural education is positioned now to reflect environmental perspectives and values into its core work and sphere of concern.
All cultural groups have deeply embedded environmental histories that find voice in cultural practices and expressions. Responding to these positive histories at a time of environmental crisis, struggle and possibility presents a visionary opportunity for NAME and its mission a theme of this conference. This interactive session seeks to introduce educators to culturally relevant environmental information and demonstrate how it can be incorporated and integrated into the practices of multicultural education.