ABSTRACT
This chapter will explore how ecopsychological ideas are relevant in educational settings. It is co-written by Astri and Inger together. Between 2005 and 2009 Inger was doing collaborative research on sustainable place planning in Tinn municipality in Norway. One part of the project focused on place-based learning with two kindergartens and four primary schools in the rural areas. The starting point for the collaboration was the question: What happens when we see schools and kindergartens as resources for the local community, and not only the local community a resource for children’s learning and development? Through a focus on learning in, with, and for place, the research aimed at strengthening children’s and adults’ ties and relationships to each other and to the place and local community where they live.
