Environmental social work /

Gray, Mel,

Environmental social work / edited by Mel Gray, John Coates, and Tiani Hetherington. - 1st ed. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013. - xx, 340 p. : ill., maps ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Theory : mapping the terrain of environmental social work -- Ecological and social justice : a call to action / Fred Besthorn -- Ecosocial work with marginalized populations : time for action on climate change / Tiani Hetherington & Jennifer Boddy -- Environmental sustainability, sustainable development, and social work / Arielle Dylan -- Social science research in ocean environments : a social worker's experience / Susan A. Taylor -- Climate change as a human rights issue / Frank Tester -- Practice : case studies of environmental social work practice -- Community gardens, creative community organizing, and environmental activism / Benjamin Shepard -- Social work practice with drought-affected families : an australian case study / Daniela Stehlik -- Social work, animals, and the natural world / Thomas Ryan -- Restoration not incarceration : an environmentally-based intervention for working with young offenders/ christine lynn norton, barbara holguin, & jarid manos -- Social work and the struggle for corporate social responsibility / Dyann Ross -- Education : challenging students to respond to environmental issues -- Transforming the curriculum : social work education and ecological consciousness / Peter Jones -- Emotion, ethics, and fostering environmental citizenship / Mishka Lysack -- Social work education on the environment in contemporary curricula in the usa / R. Anna Hayward, Shari E. Miller, & Terry V. Shaw -- Environmental sustainability : educating social workers for interdisciplinary practice / Cathryne Schmitz, Tom MatyĆ³k, Channelle James, & Lacey Sloan -- Social work education for disaster relief work / Lena Dominelli -- Conclusion -- Editors.

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Social service
Environmentalism

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