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Chapter 5
Knowledge and Environmental Citizenship
Marija Smederevac-Lalic, David Finger, Imre Kovách, Mirjana Lenhardt,
Jelisaveta Petrovic, Vesna Djikanovic, Daniela Conti, and Jelle Boeve-de Pauw
5.1 Environmental Citizens Need Knowledge
The environmental impacts of modern consumer-oriented societies are jeopardising
the high standard of living and have brought humankind to the threshold of Earthcarrying capacity (Goleman 2010; Sagoff 1995). Today we are forced to find ways
to overcome the challenge of the overconsumption by humans of the fundamental
planetary boundaries that are essential to sustain current human civilisation
(Rockström et al. 2009). The sensibility to preserve natural resources is still present
M. Smederevac-Lalic (*)
Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: marijasmederevac@imsi.bg.ac.rs
D. Finger
School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
e-mail: davidf@ru.is
I. Kovách
Hungarian Academy of Science, Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
e-mail: Kovach.imre@tk.mta.hu
M. Lenhardt · V. Djikanovic
Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: lenhardt@ibiss.bg.ac.rs; djiki@ibiss.bg.ac.rs
J. Petrovic
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
D. Conti
Centro Ricerca Educazione Documentazione Ambientale, Monza, Italy
e-mail: daniela.conti@creda.it
J. Boeve-de Pauw
Department of Training and Education Sciences, Research unit Edubron,
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
e-mail: jelle.boevedepauw@uantwerp.be
© The Author(s) 2020
A. Ch. Hadjichambis et al. (eds.), Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship
for 21st Century Education, Environmental Discourses in Science Education 4,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_5
Chapter 5
Knowledge and Environmental Citizenship
Marija Smederevac-Lalic, David Finger, Imre Kovách, Mirjana Lenhardt,
Jelisaveta Petrovic, Vesna Djikanovic, Daniela Conti, and Jelle Boeve-de Pauw
5.1 Environmental Citizens Need Knowledge
The environmental impacts of modern consumer-oriented societies are jeopardising
the high standard of living and have brought humankind to the threshold of Earthcarrying capacity (Goleman 2010; Sagoff 1995). Today we are forced to find ways
to overcome the challenge of the overconsumption by humans of the fundamental
planetary boundaries that are essential to sustain current human civilisation
(Rockström et al. 2009). The sensibility to preserve natural resources is still present
M. Smederevac-Lalic (*)
Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: marijasmederevac@imsi.bg.ac.rs
D. Finger
School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
e-mail: davidf@ru.is
I. Kovách
Hungarian Academy of Science, Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
e-mail: Kovach.imre@tk.mta.hu
M. Lenhardt · V. Djikanovic
Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: lenhardt@ibiss.bg.ac.rs; djiki@ibiss.bg.ac.rs
J. Petrovic
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
D. Conti
Centro Ricerca Educazione Documentazione Ambientale, Monza, Italy
e-mail: daniela.conti@creda.it
J. Boeve-de Pauw
Department of Training and Education Sciences, Research unit Edubron,
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
e-mail: jelle.boevedepauw@uantwerp.be
© The Author(s) 2020
A. Ch. Hadjichambis et al. (eds.), Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship
for 21st Century Education, Environmental Discourses in Science Education 4,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_5