On January 27th, I presented an essay with the same title of this post at the University of Victoria's Heart Earth Lecture Series (click here for more information). We had about 40 participants for this presentation. This essay emerged from my recent interest in a recent scientific article published in the journal Science that documents geologic evidence of a new epoch called the Anthropocene. More specifically, I was interested in exploring how anthropogenic events might effect educational systems and institutions through multi-decade environmental audits and educational planning that is more closely linked to addressing the world’s major anthropogenic problems such as climate change and a global loss of biodiversity related to human development and activity. In the end, perhaps, this article explores how we might redirect ourselves as human catalysts for a more positive environmental and geologic legacy. You can find the science article The Anthropocene is Functionally and Stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene by researchers published in the journal Science by clicking here. It was a great day to explore the future of environmental education with a fantastic audience.
