The Blue Car in the Forest: Exploring Children’s Experiences of Sustainability in a Canadian Forest (original) (raw)

This study explores children's engagements with sustainability through their interactions with an abandoned blue car in a forest setting. It focuses on a qualitative case study involving eight children and two educators in a nature preschool program at a university campus in Ontario, Canada. By analyzing data vignettes, the research highlights how repeated experiences in nature foster children's understanding and actions related to sustainability, challenging conventional pedagogies and emphasizing the importance of more-than-human encounters.