Provocation: What a Load of Rubbish!

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Abstract

This chapter discusses an experimental intervention with sixth-semester undergraduate students in a Cultural Analysis course at a Scandinavian business school. The intervention aimed to raise awareness of the environmental impact of micro-behaviours by collecting students’ classroom rubbish over a 10-week lecture series and displaying it at the last class. This experiment aligns with the European Sustainability Competence Framework, emphasising the significance of individuals’ everyday decisions for sustainability. Implementing the intervention required the teacher to fundamentally rethink their teaching approach, notably in addressing students’ personal behaviour and self-stereotypes in class. This chapter emphasises the need to make sustainability topics ‘real’ to students, resonating with them personally. It also highlights how transformative approaches to education can foster a ‘sustainability mindset’ and empower students to transfer their learning experiences into their work and personal life practices while acknowledging the challenges involved in doing so.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainability Teaching for Impact : How to Inspire and Engage Students Using Drama
EditorsTony Wall, Eva Österlind, Eva Hallgren
Number of pages8
Place of PublicationAbingdon
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date2025
Pages151-158
Chapter19
ISBN (Print)9781032803050, 9781032769301
ISBN (Electronic)9781003496359
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Publication statusPublished - 2025

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