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Teaching environmental history is at once a great responsibility and a tremendous opportunity to equip students to better understand and respond to the very serious, complex and multi-dimensional environmental challenges we face. This chapter discusses the applications of environmental history in a time of biodiversity and climate crises, and provides first-hand insights into the author’s experience of teaching environmental history at undergraduate and honours level. The chapter surveys some of the challenges encountered and concludes with a smorgasbord of ideas for teaching environmental history and humanities in universities and beyond.
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Gaynor, A. (2021). Environmental History: Teaching in a Time of Crisis. In: Nye, A., Clark, J. (eds) Teaching History for the Contemporary World. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0247-4_12
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