Abstract
This chapter explores the intersections of varied experiential learning opportunities and sustainability education as a means to advance students’ deep engagement with relevant sustainability concepts, ideas, and praxis. Through case studies of innovative experiential learning programs and curricular approaches that integrate sustainability, we highlight ways in which engaging students in learning communities grounded in a sense of place—locally, regionally, and internationally—can be especially effective in increasing their knowledge of and exposure to alternative ways of knowing and being in the world. We share examples of the meaningful learning that is possible on sustainability themes of environmental resilience and social and economic justice.
