When the Earth Must Change, Where Will Education Go? Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Green Education for a Sustainable Future
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https://doi.org/10.21009/ishel.v1i1.61984Kata Kunci:
Social-Emotional Learning, Green Education, Sustainability EducationAbstrak
Anthropogenic climate disruption has accelerated planetary instability, driving mass extinction, ecological degradation, and cascading social crises. These irreversible transformations demand not only technological adaptation, but a fundamental reinvention of education. This article argues that a sustainable and humane future—particularly toward the year 2200—requires the integrated development of Green Education and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) as a unified educational paradigm. Through theoretical synthesis and future-scenario analysis, the paper explores two contrasting trajectories of human civilization: fragmented survival under severe ecological collapse, and regenerative adaptation within planetary boundaries. In both scenarios, the survival and well-being of future generations depend on learners’ capacity to understand complex Earth systems, cultivate ecological ethics, and collaborate across cultures.The proposed educational framework emphasizes (1) deep systems literacy, including climate justice, bioregional regeneration, and anticipatory governance; (2) advanced SEL for ecological grief processing, empathy beyond the human species, and conflict transformation; and (3) language education as a medium for ecolinguistic awareness, intercultural cooperation, and narrative reconstruction toward ecological responsibility. Transforming current education requires structural reform of teacher preparation, curriculum, pedagogy, infrastructure, and policy. The paper concludes that integrated SEL–Green Education is not optional, but urgent. Decisions made today will determine whether education in 2200 shapes a world of technological survivalism or regenerative flourishing. Planting the seeds of transformative education now is essential to empower future generations to live, learn, and thrive on a radically changing Earth
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