ABSTRACT
In this vignette, I develop a contextual vantage point from which to review three research papers that reflect diverse perspectives on nature, the natural world, and the environmental in environmental education research. My review probes how the three studies are located in a developing and increasingly diverse social field of environmental and sustainability education research, and examines evidence of how historical complexity has been shed as opposed categories and more personally constituted research perspectives emerged. My review points to a need for more contextuallyconstituted and historically-informed approaches to environmental education research. I also suggest that looking ahead in environmental education research involves addressing how environmental concerns might best be engaged within the realities that confront us in everyday life, and through research informed by the complexities of the socio-ecological histories that have given rise to the contested challenges that are being confronted.
